Arthrobacter phage LokiDeoxys
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| Detailed Information for Phage LokiDeoxys | |
| Discovery Information | |
| Isolation Host | Arthrobacter globiformis B-2979 |
| Found By | Rafael Alfredo Millangue |
| Year Found | 2024 |
| Location Found | St. Louis, MO United States of America |
| Finding Institution | Maryville University of Saint Louis |
| Program | Science Education Alliance-Phage Hunters Advancing Genomics and Evolutionary Science |
| From enriched soil sample? | Yes |
| Isolation Temperature | 81°C |
| GPS Coordinates | 38.809243 N, 90.175542 W Map |
| Discovery Notes | The phage was extracted from soil from Columbia Bottom Conservation Area, St. Louis, MO. The semi moist soil was surrounded by sunflowers, prairie grasses, and little shrubbery. No animal activity was observed near the soil, except for pollinating insects. |
| Naming Notes | The Loki half of the name is inspired by the Norse god of mischief as well as the Marvel character of the same name. In both the comics and the myths, Loki is a trickster, and this reminds me of how this phage from the soil sample once resulted in a cloudy plaque in a spot titer that appeared to be overgrown which usually implies a temperate nature. However, all other plating of the phage with the host lawn has appeared to yield plaques which lack turbidity, and the "cloudiness" was never observed again for the remainder of the lab. The other half of the name references "Deoxys", a mythological extraterrestrial Pokemon. In the lore of the Ruby and Sapphire Pokemon games, the Psychic type Deoxys was a virus originating from an extraterrestrial planet which mutated into a sentient lifeform due to peculiar cosmic radiation. |
| 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 plaques appeared to be circular, Medium sized with defined edges. There was no turbidity present in the plaques observed. |
| 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 |
| Available Files | |
| Plaque Picture | Download |
