Arthrobacter phage PigHeaded
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| Detailed Information for Phage PigHeaded | |
| Discovery Information | |
| Isolation Host | Arthrobacter globiformis B-2979 |
| Found By | Jojo Anderson, Arielle Incorvaia |
| Year Found | 2025 |
| Location Found | Poughkeepsie, NY United States |
| Finding Institution | Marist University |
| Program | Science Education Alliance-Phage Hunters Advancing Genomics and Evolutionary Science |
| From enriched soil sample? | Unknown |
| Isolation Temperature | 30°C |
| GPS Coordinates | 41.676972 N, 73.894569 W Map |
| Discovery Notes | Farm bed with beets... Lots of organic material and compost |
| Naming Notes | Pig-headed refers to being stupidly obstinate, or refusing to change your mind or actions, which in short means stubborn. We chose this name because throughout our journey with our phage, it has been very stubborn in showing up on our plaque assays. |
| Sequencing Information | |
| Sequencing Complete? | Yes |
| Date Sequencing Completed | Jan 27, 2026 |
| 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 | 590 |
| Genome length (bp) | 47346 |
| Character of genome ends | Direct Terminal Repeat |
| Direct Terminal Repeat Length | 2273 bp |
| GC Content | 45.7% |
| Fasta file available? | Yes: Download fasta file |
| Characterization | |
| Cluster | Unclustered |
| Subcluster | -- |
| Annotating Institution | Marist University |
| Annotation Status | Being Annotated (Expected completion by 5/1/2026) |
| Plaque Notes | Phage is very small, and very stubborn. |
| Morphotype | Podoviridae |
| 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 | |
| EM Picture | Download |