Lytic bacteriophages of Gordonia rubripertincta from topsoil in Lubbock, Texas: FlyingTortilla and ScarletRaider

Laurissa N Miller; Natalie Block; Whitney Dickens; Carson Bellew; Christian Deluna; Francesca Makilan; Malli Bhakta; Ashleigh Crawford; Trinity Criner; Chase Drucker; Aqsa Fayyaz; Jasmine Goh; Caitlyn Guetersloh; Claire Jansen; Dana Pham; Andrea Resendez; Austen Rowell; Fahareen B Mosharraf; Allie C Smith; Lisa M Bono

doi:10.1128/mra.01333-24

Lytic bacteriophages of Gordonia rubripertincta from topsoil in Lubbock, Texas: FlyingTortilla and ScarletRaider

Microbiol Resour Announc. 2025 Jun 12;14(6):e0133324. doi: 10.1128/mra.01333-24. Epub 2025 Apr 15.

Authors

Laurissa N Miller^{1

2}, Natalie Block², Whitney Dickens², Carson Bellew³, Christian Deluna³, Francesca Makilan³, Malli Bhakta³, Ashleigh Crawford³, Trinity Criner³, Chase Drucker³, Aqsa Fayyaz³, Jasmine Goh³, Caitlyn Guetersloh³, Claire Jansen³, Dana Pham³, Andrea Resendez³, Austen Rowell¹, Fahareen B Mosharraf¹, Allie C Smith⁴, Lisa M Bono¹

Affiliations

¹ Department of Biological Sciences, Texas Tech University, Lubbock, Texas, USA.
² Teaching, Learning, and Professional Development Center, University Library, Texas Tech University, Lubbock, Texas, USA.
³ TrUE Scholars Program, Center for Transformative Undergraduate Experiences, Texas Tech University, Lubbock, Texas, USA.
⁴ Honors College, Texas Tech University, Lubbock, Texas, USA.

Abstract

We isolated two environmental phages, as part of the Science Education Alliance-Phage Hunters Advancing Genomics and Evolutionary Sciences program, that infect Gordonia rubripertincta from topsoil in Lubbock, Texas. We report the complete genome sequences of lytic bacteriophages FlyingTortilla and ScarletRaider. Sequence similarity analysis reveals the viruses as a part of an unclassified order within the Caudoviricetes class.

Keywords: Caudoviricetes; SEA-PHAGES; bacteriophages; enriched isolation; gene prediction; sequence analysis; viral genomics.