Gordonia phage Kalpha
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| Detailed Information for Phage Kalpha | |
| Discovery Information | |
| Isolation Host | Gordonia terrae 3612 |
| Former names | Aphlak |
| Found By | A.Amanullah, P.Kehler, L.Harrington |
| Year Found | 2023 |
| Location Found | Oakland, PA United States |
| Finding Institution | University of Pittsburgh |
| Program | Phage Hunters Integrating Research and Education |
| From enriched soil sample? | No |
| Isolation Temperature | 30°C |
| GPS Coordinates | 40.446667 N, 79.954167 W Map |
| Discovery Notes | Soil Sample was obtain from the entrance to UPitt's Langley Fallin a so sample. so was collected arter a rainy day. thus it was slightly muddy and looked dark. The other members that discovered this phage include: Akelia Lobban, Megan Thomas, Sachin Srinivasa |
| Naming Notes | The process of naming was an adventurous but successful. Initiallv we chose the name GreaseLitnin on a whim after thinking we had less time to think of a name than we thought. However, after realizing we had more time, we had the idea to take our initials and make a word out of them. After many hours looking for words of inspiration, we choose the insurance company Aflac ducks name, Aflac, ad re-speller it using our initials: A.A,L.H,P.K. |
| Sequencing Information | |
| Sequencing Complete? | No |
| Genome length (bp) | Unknown |
| Character of genome ends | Unknown |
| Fasta file available? | No |
| Characterization | |
| Cluster | Unclustered |
| Subcluster | -- |
| Annotating Institution | Unknown or unassigned |
| Annotation Status | Not sequenced |
| Plaque Notes | The plaque morphology has both large (-2mm diameter, as well as small -less than imm diameter) plaques. Both plaque sizes are clear. |
| Has been Phamerated? | No |
| Publication Info | |
| Uploaded to GenBank? | No |
| GenBank Accession | None yet |
| Refseq Number | None yet |
| Archiving Info | |
| Archiving status | Not in Pitt Archives |