| Detailed Information for Phage Kithara |
| Discovery Information |
| Isolation Host | Curtobacterium luteum NRRL B-59340 |
| Found By | Elizabeth Amarh |
| Year Found | 2024 |
| Location Found | Pittsburgh, PA United States |
| Finding Institution | University of Pittsburgh |
| Program | Science Education Alliance-Phage Hunters Advancing Genomics and Evolutionary Science |
| From enriched soil sample? | Yes |
| Isolation Temperature | 30°C |
| GPS Coordinates | 40.44872 N, 79.95611 W Map |
| Discovery Notes | Discovered Summer 2024 by Serena Slatas from a purple flower during PHIRE. Isolated by Serena and worked up by Elizabeth Amarh. |
| Naming Notes | Named after the Greek instrument played by professional musicians in Ancient Greece, and depicted as one of the instruments played by the mythological sirens. |
| Sequencing Information |
| Sequencing Complete? | Yes |
| Date Sequencing Completed | Oct 9, 2024 |
| Sequencing Facility | Pittsburgh Bacteriophage Institute |
| Shotgun Sequencing Method | Illumina Sequencing |
| Approximate Shotgun Coverage | 4821 |
| Genome length (bp) | 63447 |
| Character of genome ends | Direct Terminal Repeat |
| Direct Terminal Repeat Length | 337 bp |
| GC Content | 69.1% |
| Fasta file available? | Yes: Download fasta file |
| Characterization |
| Cluster | Singleton |
| Subcluster | -- |
| Cluster Life Cycle | Unknown |
| Other Cluster Members |
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| Annotating Institution | University of Pittsburgh |
| Annotation Status | Being Annotated (Expected completion by 4/9/2025) |
| Has been Phamerated? | Yes |
| Gene List |
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| Publication Info |
| Uploaded to GenBank? | No |
| GenBank Accession | None yet |
| Refseq Number | None yet |
| Archiving Info |
| Archiving status |
Not in Pitt Archives |
| Available Files |
| Plaque Picture | Download |
