Arthrobacter phage Orkz
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| Detailed Information for Phage Orkz | |
| Discovery Information | |
| Isolation Host | Arthrobacter globiformis NRRL B-2880 |
| Found By | Steven Sviridoff |
| Year Found | 2025 |
| Location Found | New Haven, CT United States |
| Finding Institution | Southern Connecticut State University |
| Program | Science Education Alliance-Phage Hunters Advancing Genomics and Evolutionary Science |
| From enriched soil sample? | Unknown |
| Isolation Temperature | 30°C |
| GPS Coordinates | 41.333056 N, 72.944167 W Map |
| Discovery Notes | The soil sample was collected on September 3, 2025, at 9:35 AM from a shaded, grassy area near trees behind Jennings Hall. Weather conditions were sunny. |
| Naming Notes | The Orkz name draws from the Orks faction in Warhammer 40,000. The "z" spelling reflects how Orks in that universe pronounce their s's with a z sound. |
| Sequencing Information | |
| Sequencing Complete? | Yes |
| Date Sequencing Completed | Dec 18, 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 | 938 |
| Genome length (bp) | 46877 |
| Character of genome ends | Circularly Permuted |
| GC Content | 64.3% |
| Fasta file available? | Yes: Download fasta file |
| Characterization | |
| Cluster | FL |
| Subcluster | -- |
| Cluster Life Cycle | Unknown |
| Lysogeny Notes | Orkz demonstrates temperate behavior. Lysogenic colonies were successfully isolated from phage-seeded plates and maintained on PYCa plates. When the lysogens were streaked onto lawns of A.g bacteria, clearing zones were observed due to spontaneous phage release and subsequent lysis of the host bacteria. |
| Other Cluster Members | |
| Annotating Institution | Southern Connecticut State University |
| Annotation Status | Being Annotated (Expected completion by 5/1/2026) |
| Plaque Notes | Orkz produced a circular, temperate, clear plaques with a diameter of 4.5 mm. |
| 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 |
| SEA Lysate Titer | 2.48e9 pfu/mL |