Gordonia phage XLab
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| Detailed Information for Phage XLab | |
| Discovery Information | |
| Isolation Host | Gordonia terrae 3612 |
| Former names | Xero |
| Found By | Lindsey Buchman |
| Year Found | 2018 |
| Location Found | Pittsburgh, PA USA |
| Finding Institution | University of Pittsburgh |
| Program | Science Education Alliance-Phage Hunters Advancing Genomics and Evolutionary Science |
| From enriched soil sample? | No |
| Isolation Temperature | Not entered |
| GPS Coordinates | 40.443333 N, 79.955833 W Map |
| Discovery Notes | Found in a freshly laid bed of mulch from a planter in the Schenley Quadrangle at 8:21 PM on 9/5/18. In the planter there were multiple small planters, and the weather conditions at the time were a temperature of 78ยบ and a humidity of 80%. |
| Naming Notes | I was looking for a name that begins with an "X" when I came across the name Xeno. Xeno means "foreign" and I felt like the name worked will given a phage is a virus that infects a bacteria. Unfortunately, Xeno was already taken, and Xero was rejected for being too similar to phage "Zero". Next, I chose the name XLab because I wanted it to also have a connection to me. Lab stands for my initials. |
| 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 |
| Plaque Notes | My phage produces plaques of a mixed morphology, ranging from about 1-3mm in diameter. The plaques were always clear, which is indicative of a lytic life cycle. |
| Has been Phamerated? | No |
| Publication Info | |
| Uploaded to GenBank? | No |
| GenBank Accession | None yet |
| Refseq Number | None yet |
| Archiving Info | |
| Archiving status | Archived |
| Pitt Freezer Box# | 91 |
| Pitt Freezer Box Grid# | D9 |
| Available Files | |
| Plaque Picture | Download |