Arthrobacter phage Tortugita
Duplicate of JasmineDragon
Upon sequencing, this phage turned out to be 100% identical to a previously sequenced phage, JasmineDragon.
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Detailed Information for Phage Tortugita
Discovery Information
Isolation HostArthrobacter sulfureus ATCC 19098
Found BySarah Hernandez
Year Found2023
Location FoundLos Angeles, CA USA
Finding InstitutionUniversity of California, Los Angeles
ProgramScience Education Alliance-Phage Hunters Advancing Genomics and Evolutionary Science
From enriched soil sample?Yes
Isolation Temperature30°C
GPS Coordinates34.064838 N, 118.448536 W Map
Discovery NotesThe soil sample was collected at a depth of 17 cm beneath the surface at 17.2℃ ambient temperature. Site characteristics include dry soil, next to residential building stairs that are commonly used, next to tree stump.

Enriched isolation was performed using hosts Arthrobacter globiformis, Arthrobacter atrocyaneous, Arthrobacter sulfureus , and Arthrobacter sp. Culture was incubated with shaking for 48 hours at 30ºC.

AL Quarter and Lab section: F23-1A
Instructor: Dr. Tejas Bouklas
Teaching Assistant: Dominic Garza
Undergraduate Assistant(s): Geethika Janga and Neha Maddineni

AL Teams
Team #1 Name: It’s Not a Phage, Mom (INAPM)
Team #1 Members: Sarah Hernandez, Sebastian Diaz, Hanna Bidzan, and Arielle Sass
Naming NotesCute and small and named after the discoverer (Sarah's) hamster
Sequencing Information
Sequencing Complete?No
Genome length (bp)Unknown
Character of genome endsUnknown
Fasta file available?No
Characterization
ClusterUnclustered
Subcluster--
Annotating InstitutionUnknown or unassigned
Annotation StatusNot sequenced
Plaque NotesBullseye, clear
Average diameter: 0.5-1.5 mm
MorphotypeSiphoviridae
Has been Phamerated?No
Publication Info
Uploaded to GenBank?No
GenBank AccessionNone yet
Refseq NumberNone yet
Archiving Info
Archiving status Archived
Pitt Freezer Box# 184
Pitt Freezer Box Grid# F1
Available Files
Plaque PictureDownload
Restriction Digest PictureDownload
EM PictureDownload