Gordonia phage Purplicious
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Detailed Information for Phage Purplicious
Discovery Information
Isolation HostGordonia rubripertincta NRRL B-16540
Found ByAnisha Saxena, Kathryn Ghobrial, Kylie Ye
Year Found2024
Location FoundPittsburgh, PA United States
Finding InstitutionUniversity of Pittsburgh
ProgramScience Education Alliance-Phage Hunters Advancing Genomics and Evolutionary Science
From enriched soil sample?No
Isolation Temperature30°C
GPS Coordinates40.4411 N, 79.9558 W Map
Discovery NotesAnisha Saxena, Kathryn Ghobrial, and Kylie Ye
Located near a fence with a line of bushes. The soil on the surface was dry and covered with mulch. However, when dug deeper, soil was a darker brown color, moist, and soft to the touch. Sample was not difficult to filter.
Naming NotesWe like the color purple and words that end in "licious."
Sequencing Information
Sequencing Complete?Yes
Date Sequencing CompletedJan 29, 2026
Sequencing FacilityPittsburgh Bacteriophage Institute
Shotgun Sequencing MethodIllumina
Sequencer UsedIllumina NextSeq 1000
Read TypeSingle-end reads
Read Length100 bp
Approximate Shotgun Coverage32
Genome length (bp)57561
Character of genome endsCircularly Permuted
GC Content65.5%
Sequencing NotesSequencing contained some host reads.
Fasta file available?Yes: Download fasta file
Characterization
ClusterCP
Subcluster--
Cluster Life CycleUnknown
Other Cluster Members
Annotating InstitutionUniversity of Pittsburgh
Annotation StatusBeing Annotated (Expected completion by 5/1/2026)
Number of Genes92
Number of tRNAs0
Number of tmRNAs0
Has been Phamerated?Yes
Gene List
Publication Info
Uploaded to GenBank?No
GenBank AccessionNone yet
Refseq NumberNone yet
Archiving Info
Archiving status Archived
Pitt Freezer Box# 214
Pitt Freezer Box Grid# D2