Gordonia phage PixieDust
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Detailed Information for Phage PixieDust
Discovery Information
Isolation HostGordonia terrae 3612
Found ByMarena Piro, Tina Nguyen
Year Found2025
Location FoundCrete, NE United States
Finding InstitutionDoane University
ProgramScience Education Alliance-Phage Hunters Advancing Genomics and Evolutionary Science
From enriched soil sample?No
Isolation Temperature30°C
GPS Coordinates40.620913 N, 96.947707 W Map
Discovery Notescollected outside of Hansen Hall by a tree (Crete, NE)
dry top, but moist at the bottom (chunky consistency)
Naming NotesPixieDust was chosen because our plaques were consistently tiny and there were a lot of them. They're hard to see when plated.
Sequencing Information
Sequencing Complete?No
Genome length (bp)Unknown
Character of genome endsUnknown
Fasta file available?No
Characterization
ClusterUnclustered
Subcluster--
Annotating InstitutionUnknown or unassigned
Annotation StatusNot sequenced
Plaque NotesTiny (hard to see them well)
- 0.79mm on average

Lytic: clear big spot on spot plate
MorphotypeSiphoviridae
Has been Phamerated?No
Publication Info
Uploaded to GenBank?No
GenBank AccessionNone yet
Refseq NumberNone yet
Archiving Info
Archiving status Not in Pitt Archives
Available Files
Plaque PictureDownload
EM PictureDownload