Mycobacterium phage Ruriko
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| Detailed Information for Phage Ruriko | |
| Discovery Information | |
| Isolation Host | Mycobacterium smegmatis mc²155 |
| Found By | Alba Prince |
| Year Found | 2025 |
| Location Found | Lindale, TX United States |
| Finding Institution | LeTourneau University |
| Program | Science Education Alliance-Phage Hunters Advancing Genomics and Evolutionary Science |
| From enriched soil sample? | Unknown |
| Isolation Temperature | 22°C |
| GPS Coordinates | 32.49 N, 95.42 W Map |
| Discovery Notes | At 7:25 a.m. CST on August 26, 2025, I, Alba Prince, went to collect a soil sample from the compost bin outside my house in rural Lindale, Texas. After clearing away a layer of decaying fruit and leaves, I discovered dark, moist soil teeming with worms, bugs, larvae, and the remnants of banana peels, watermelon rinds, corn husks, and coffee grounds. Using a plastic spoon, I scooped a hole 4 inches wide and 3 inches deep, extracting 5.00 grams of soil for laboratory analysis. The morning was partly cloudy with an ambient temperature of 22 °C. |
| Naming Notes | Ruriko is a Japanese name meaning Lapis Lazuli child. Lapis Lazuli is my favorite gemstone, and I love this Japanese name. |
| Sequencing Information | |
| Sequencing Complete? | No |
| Genome length (bp) | Unknown |
| Character of genome ends | Unknown |
| Fasta file available? | No |
| Characterization | |
| Cluster | Unclustered |
| Subcluster | -- |
| Annotating Institution | Unknown or unassigned |
| Annotation Status | Not sequenced |
| 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 |