| Detailed Information for Phage Skugga |
| Discovery Information |
| Isolation Host | Microbacterium paraoxydans NRRL B-24275 |
| Found By | Noah Olson |
| Year Found | 2025 |
| Location Found | Cullowhee, NC United States |
| Finding Institution | Western Carolina University |
| Program | Science Education Alliance-Phage Hunters Advancing Genomics and Evolutionary Science |
| From enriched soil sample? | Yes |
| Isolation Temperature | 17°C |
| GPS Coordinates | 35.34298 N, 83.2082 W Map |
| Discovery Notes | Discovered in soil collected from a fishing pull off along the Tuckasegee River bank |
| Naming Notes | Skugga is my cat's middle name, which means shadow/shade in Swedish |
| Sequencing Information |
| Sequencing Complete? | Yes |
| Date Sequencing Completed | Jan 26, 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 | 337 |
| Genome length (bp) | 53423 |
| Character of genome ends | Circularly Permuted |
| GC Content | 68.4% |
| Fasta file available? | Yes: Download fasta file |
| Characterization |
| Cluster | EC |
| Subcluster | -- |
| Cluster Life Cycle | Lytic |
| Other Cluster Members |
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| Annotating Institution | Western Carolina University |
| Annotation Status | Being Annotated (Expected completion by 5/1/2026) |
| Number of Genes | 92 |
| 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 |