| Detailed Information for Phage NewKitty | |
| Discovery Information | |
| Isolation Host | Arthrobacter globiformis B-2979 |
| Found By | Lily Weber |
| Year Found | 2025 |
| Location Found | Toledo, OH United States |
| Finding Institution | Chatham University |
| Program | Science Education Alliance-Phage Hunters Advancing Genomics and Evolutionary Science |
| From enriched soil sample? | Yes |
| Isolation Temperature | Not entered |
| GPS Coordinates | 41.62032 N, 83.58386 W Map |
| Discovery Notes | The sample was collected on October 12th, 2025, at the Toledo Zoo. The soil was collected from a flower bed with fertilizer at a sample depth of about 1/2 inch. The ambient temperature was 62 degrees Fahrenheit. |
| Naming Notes | My first cat was named New Kitty. I called her this when I was 4 years old, and she impacted my life so much that I want to dedicate my phage to her so she can continue to do amazing things. |
| Sequencing Information | |
| Sequencing Complete? | Yes |
| Date Sequencing Completed | Dec 17, 2025 |
| Sequencing Facility | Pittsburgh Bacteriophage Institute |
| Shotgun Sequencing Method | Illumina |
| Sequencer Used | Illumina NextSeq 1000 |
| Read Type | Single-end reads |
| Read Length | 100 bp |
| Approximate Shotgun Coverage | 491 |
| Genome length (bp) | 52634 |
| Character of genome ends | 3' Sticky Overhang |
| Overhang Length | 9 bases |
| Overhang Sequence | CGCCGGTGA |
| GC Content | 62.7% |
| Fasta file available? | Yes: Download fasta file |
| Characterization | |
| Cluster | AY |
| Subcluster | -- |
| Cluster Life Cycle | Temperate |
| Other Cluster Members |
Click to ViewAbbyDaisy AdaS Aikyam Anekin Auxilium BasketStar BenchScraper Bhageatrice BillyTP BlueShadow CookieBear CosmicBrownie Crescenzo DarwinJr Ding EvePickles Faja Globfish Gorpy GumGum Hestia Hillester Isolde JellyBread Kabloowy Lasker Lawnathon LeBruni Mapleville MaterMagnus MidnightRain MurphyJoseph MUWow NewKitty Nyilah Persistence Phrank15 RadFad Raphaella Raqqa Richie Sakai Sashimi Seahorse Shukran SonDevVon SpicyFrank ThayneTheZag Tiff81 Vopal Windest YoungHarleezy |
| Annotating Institution | Chatham University |
| Annotation Status | Being Annotated (Expected completion by 5/1/2026) |
| Number of Genes | 95 |
| Number of tRNAs | 0 |
| Number of tmRNAs | 0 |
| Has been Phamerated? | Yes |
| Gene List |
Click to ViewNewKitty_1 NewKitty_2 NewKitty_3 NewKitty_4 NewKitty_5 NewKitty_6 NewKitty_7 NewKitty_8 NewKitty_9 NewKitty_10 NewKitty_11 NewKitty_12 NewKitty_13 NewKitty_14 NewKitty_15 NewKitty_16 NewKitty_17 NewKitty_18 NewKitty_19 NewKitty_20 NewKitty_21 NewKitty_22 NewKitty_23 NewKitty_24 NewKitty_25 NewKitty_26 NewKitty_27 NewKitty_28 NewKitty_29 NewKitty_30 NewKitty_31 NewKitty_32 NewKitty_33 NewKitty_34 NewKitty_35 NewKitty_36 NewKitty_37 NewKitty_38 NewKitty_39 NewKitty_40 NewKitty_41 NewKitty_42 NewKitty_43 NewKitty_44 NewKitty_45 NewKitty_46 NewKitty_47 NewKitty_48 NewKitty_49 NewKitty_50 NewKitty_51 NewKitty_52 NewKitty_53 NewKitty_54 NewKitty_55 NewKitty_56 NewKitty_57 NewKitty_58 NewKitty_59 NewKitty_60 NewKitty_61 NewKitty_62 NewKitty_63 NewKitty_64 NewKitty_65 NewKitty_66 NewKitty_67 NewKitty_68 NewKitty_69 NewKitty_70 NewKitty_71 NewKitty_72 NewKitty_73 NewKitty_74 NewKitty_75 NewKitty_76 NewKitty_77 NewKitty_78 NewKitty_79 NewKitty_80 NewKitty_81 NewKitty_82 NewKitty_83 NewKitty_84 NewKitty_85 NewKitty_86 NewKitty_87 NewKitty_88 NewKitty_89 NewKitty_90 NewKitty_91 NewKitty_92 NewKitty_93 NewKitty_94 NewKitty_95 |
| Publication Info | |
| Uploaded to GenBank? | No |
| GenBank Accession | None yet |
| Refseq Number | None yet |
| Archiving Info | |
| Archiving status | Not in Pitt Archives |
| Available Files | |
| EM Picture | Download |
