Desert diversity: genome sequence of Gordonia rubripertincta cluster DJ phage Mossy and cluster DV phage Erutan

October Barnes; Christopher J Workman; Noah C Patterson; Riley Oesch; Katie L Johnson; Kaarin Goncz; Joel Sharbrough; Linda C DeVeaux

doi:10.1128/mra.01245-23

Desert diversity: genome sequence of Gordonia rubripertincta cluster DJ phage Mossy and cluster DV phage Erutan

Microbiol Resour Announc. 2024 Apr 11;13(4):e0124523. doi: 10.1128/mra.01245-23. Epub 2024 Mar 12.

Authors

October Barnes¹, Christopher J Workman¹, Noah C Patterson¹, Riley Oesch¹, Katie L Johnson¹, Kaarin Goncz¹, Joel Sharbrough¹, Linda C DeVeaux¹

Affiliation

¹ Department Biology, New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology, Socorro, New Mexico, USA.

Abstract

Lytic bacteriophages Mossy and Erutan were directly isolated from desert soil on Gordonia rubripertincta and characterized by their morphologies and genomes. Mossy, part of the DJ cluster of Actinobacteriophage, has a genome of 61,183 bp. The genome of Erutan, part of the DV cluster, is 66,957 bp.

Keywords: actinobacteria; desert; phage.