| Detailed Information for Phage Rukungu |
| Discovery Information |
| Isolation Host | Gordonia rubripertincta NRRL B-16540 |
| Found By | Ann Kingaiya |
| Year Found | 2025 |
| Location Found | Saint Louis, MO United States of America |
| Finding Institution | St. Louis Community College |
| Program | Science Education Alliance-Phage Hunters Advancing Genomics and Evolutionary Science |
| From enriched soil sample? | Yes |
| Isolation Temperature | 25°C |
| GPS Coordinates | 38.567513 N, 90.424422 W Map |
| Discovery Notes | Found in the Stllcc Campus |
| Naming Notes | Rukungu means dust in Kikuyu which is my native language. |
| Sequencing Information |
| Sequencing Complete? | Yes |
| Date Sequencing Completed | Jan 22, 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 | 836 |
| Genome length (bp) | 52979 |
| Character of genome ends | Circularly Permuted |
| GC Content | 58.2% |
| Fasta file available? | Yes: Download fasta file |
| Characterization |
| Cluster | DV |
| Subcluster | -- |
| Cluster Life Cycle | Unknown |
| Other Cluster Members |
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| Annotating Institution | St. Louis Community College |
| Annotation Status | Being Annotated (Expected completion by 5/1/2026) |
| Plaque Notes | Tiny plaques |
| Morphotype | Siphoviridae |
| Number of Genes | 97 |
| Number of tRNAs | 0 |
| Number of tmRNAs | 0 |
| Has been Phamerated? | Yes |
| Gene List |
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| Publication Info |
| Uploaded to GenBank? | No |
| GenBank Accession | None yet |
| Refseq Number | None yet |
| Archiving Info |
| Archiving status |
Not in Pitt Archives |