| Detailed Information for Phage Zuko | |
| Discovery Information | |
| Found By | Sailasya Gundlapudi |
| Year Found | 2014 |
| Location Found | Richmond, VA USA |
| Finding Institution | Virginia Commonwealth University |
| Program | Science Education Alliance-Phage Hunters Advancing Genomics and Evolutionary Science |
| From enriched soil sample? | Yes |
| GPS Coordinates | 37.660269 N, 77.595556 W Map |
| Naming Notes | The name for this phage came from a popular children's show called Avatar the Last Airbender, where there was Zuko, prince of the Fire Nation. |
| Sequencing Information | |
| Sequencing Complete? | Yes |
| Date Sequencing Completed | Feb 18, 2016 |
| Sequencing Facility | Virginia Commonwealth University Nucleic Acids Research Facilities |
| Shotgun Sequencing Method | Illumina Sequencing |
| Approximate Shotgun Coverage | 100 |
| Genome length (bp) | 163345 |
| GC Content | 38.6% |
| Character of genome ends | Direct Terminal Repeat |
| Direct Terminal Repeat Length | 3230 bp |
| End Determination Notes | Buildup of reads |
| Fasta file available? | Yes: Download fasta file |
| Characterization | |
| Cluster | C |
| Subcluster | C1 |
| Other Cluster Members |
Click to ViewHydralpha (None) JoeB (None) AaronPhadgers (C1) ALPS (C1) Archie14 (C1) Azalea (C1) Belinda (C1) Bhoosica (C1) Cletus (C1) DingnCase (C1) Dingus (C1) DirtyBetty (C1) Doofinshmirtz (C1) Elmer (C1) Escavirius (C1) Eyuki (C1) Freefood (C1) FreightTrain (C1) Grumio (C1) Hakuna (C1) Helga (C1) HonestAbe (C1) Ilona (C1) Kida (C1) Kota (C1) Lilihipha (C1) Megatron (C1) MightyMouse (C1) Momo (C1) Nemo (C1) Nigalana (C1) NotTheCreek (C1) OmnioDeoprimus (C1) Parsons (C1) PPIsBest (C1) Rex16 (C1) SageFayge (C1) SalinJah (C1) STSebastian (C1) Terra (C1) WPh (C1) Zuko (C1) Anthony (C2) Bastille (C2) CAM003 (C2) Evoli (C2) Herbert (C2) HoodyT (C2) Hudslayer (C2) Janet (C2) Kamfam (C2) OTooleKemple52 (C2) Vinny (C2) Adelynn (C3) Ampersand (C3) Anthos (C3) AvesoBmore (C3) B4 (C3) BigBertha (C3) ChannelFever (C3) Chotacabras (C3) ChurroBlast (C3) Flapjack (C3) GypsyDanger (C3) Joonam (C3) Juglone (C3) Natp (C3) Oregano (C3) Phabio (C3) Phrodo (C3) Riley (C3) Spock (C3) Taffo16 (C3) Troll (C3) Typhen (C3) BC4U (C4) BCP78 (C4) TsarBomba (C4) Bcp1 (C5) BM10 (C5) Hobo (C5) Kioshi (C5) |
| Plaque Notes | The plaque morphology consisted of 0.7 mm turbid, spherical plaques with a clear pinpoint center. The phage was pure due to exhibiting a similar morphology over 5 rounds of purification. |
| Morphotype | Myoviridae |
| Final annotation complete? | Yes |
| Number of Genes | 297 |
| Number of tRNAs | 3 |
| Has been Phamerated? | No |
| Uploaded to GenBank? | Yes: KU737348.1 |
| Available Files | |
| Plaque Picture | Download |
| EM Picture | Download |