Microbacterium phage SuperHands
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Detailed Information for Phage SuperHands
Discovery Information
Isolation HostMicrobacterium foliorum NRRL B-24224
Found ByLorenzo Frescobaldi
Year Found2025
Location FoundSt Andrews, Scotland
Finding InstitutionUniversity of St Andrews
ProgramScience Education Alliance-Phage Hunters Advancing Genomics and Evolutionary Science
From enriched soil sample?Yes
Isolation Temperature30°C
GPS Coordinates56.340397 N, 2.811344 W Map
Discovery NotesI collected the soil sample from an indoor plant pot in the lobby of the St Andrews Biomolecular Sciences building. It was the plant pot between the two sofas in the left corner.
Naming NotesIt is a reference to one of my favourite TV shows and he likely carries many a bacterial infection.
Sequencing Information
Sequencing Complete?Yes
Date Sequencing CompletedJan 13, 2026
Sequencing FacilityPittsburgh Bacteriophage Institute
Shotgun Sequencing MethodIllumina
Sequencer UsedIllumina NextSeq 1000
Read TypeSingle-end reads
Read Length100 bp
Approximate Shotgun Coverage974
Genome length (bp)47983
Character of genome ends3' Sticky Overhang
Overhang Length11 bases
Overhang SequenceCGGAGGGGCAT
GC Content69.6%
Fasta file available?Yes: Download fasta file
Characterization
ClusterEH
Subcluster--
Cluster Life CycleTemperate
Other Cluster Members
Annotating InstitutionUniversity of St Andrews
Annotation StatusBeing Annotated (Expected completion by 5/1/2026)
Plaque NotesThey are lytic and medium sized plaques.
Number of Genes75
Number of tRNAs1
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 Not in Pitt Archives
Available Files
Plaque PictureDownload