Gordonia phage Thales
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| Detailed Information for Phage Thales | |
| Discovery Information | |
| Isolation Host | Gordonia rubripertincta NRRL B-16540 |
| Former names | Zeno |
| Found By | Carmen Kimpson |
| Year Found | 2025 |
| Location Found | Atlanta, GA United States |
| Finding Institution | Spelman College |
| Program | Science Education Alliance-Phage Hunters Advancing Genomics and Evolutionary Science |
| From enriched soil sample? | Yes |
| Isolation Temperature | Not entered |
| GPS Coordinates | 33.78297 N, 84.408904 W Map |
| Discovery Notes | Moist, beside and above rocks, mulchy, somewhat sandy, dark/medium color, dug below surface, roots present |
| Naming Notes | Because it was located near the building previously known as Theory Interlock, the name was given based on a Greek theorist or philosopher, Thales |
| Sequencing Information | |
| Sequencing Complete? | Yes |
| Date Sequencing Completed | Jan 13, 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 | 148 |
| Genome length (bp) | 84373 |
| Character of genome ends | Circularly Permuted |
| GC Content | 60.3% |
| Fasta file available? | Yes: Download fasta file |
| Characterization | |
| Cluster | DQ |
| Subcluster | -- |
| Cluster Life Cycle | Lytic |
| Other Cluster Members | |
| Annotating Institution | Spelman College |
| Annotation Status | Being Annotated (Expected completion by 5/1/2026) |
| Plaque Notes | Turbid, plaque size of 0.6232 ± 0.09 (n=30) |
| Morphotype | Myoviridae |
| 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 |
| EM Picture | Download |
