| Detailed Information for Phage RedRaider89 |
| Discovery Information |
| Isolation Host | Mycobacterium smegmatis mc²155 |
| Found By | Logan Dykstra |
| Year Found | 2025 |
| Location Found | Orange City, IA United States |
| Finding Institution | Northwestern College |
| Program | Science Education Alliance-Phage Hunters Advancing Genomics and Evolutionary Science |
| From enriched soil sample? | No |
| Isolation Temperature | 85°C |
| GPS Coordinates | 43.0072 N, 96.0584 W Map |
| Discovery Notes | Soil sample came from a flower garden. |
| Naming Notes | Phage named after my college mascot and my football number. |
| 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 | 52 |
| Genome length (bp) | 68706 |
| Character of genome ends | Circularly Permuted |
| GC Content | 66.5% |
| Fasta file available? | Yes: Download fasta file |
| Characterization |
| Cluster | B |
| Subcluster | B1 |
| Cluster Life Cycle | Lytic |
| Other Cluster Members |
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| Annotating Institution | Northwestern College |
| Annotation Status | Being Annotated (Expected completion by 5/1/2026) |
| Plaque Notes | Plaque was cloudy with a bulls-eye and roughly 1 cm in diameter. |
| 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 |
| Plaque Picture | Download |
