# Flint Hills Phages: Isolation Parameters and Genomic Characteristics of 23 Phages

**Authors:** Martha Smith-Caldas, Christopher Herren, Victoria Thurm, Dasik Clouse, Aidan Ozga, Elizabeth Herrman, Ashley Hine, Kyla Hornback, Nathan Jones, Erika Kline, Lexi Pitts, Rece Buckmaster, Camille Carrier, Marie Dios, MacKenzie Dunigan, Selah Hageman, Maddy Kang, Molly Kang, Madison Sims, Landon Taylor, Bailey Wilson, Taz Zeigler

PMC · DOI: 10.17912/micropub.biology.001461 · microPublication Biology · 2025-05-28

## TL;DR

This paper describes 23 newly isolated bacteriophages and their genomic features.

## Contribution

The study reports the isolation and genomic analysis of 23 phages, including a rare myovirus phage isolated using Gordonia terrae.

## Key findings

- The 24 phages belong to 19 different clusters with genome lengths ranging from 41.8 kbp to 151.1 kbp.
- Phage CherryTomatoes is a rare myovirus morphology phage isolated using Gordonia terrae.

## Abstract

Bacteriophages reported in this announcement were isolated on
Mycobacterium smegmatis 
mc
2
155,
Microbacterium foliorum
NRRL B-24224, and
Gordonia terrae 
CAG3. The 24 phages span 19 different clusters, and range in genome length from 41.8 kbp to 151.1 kbp. Phage CherryTomatoes is only the fourth reported actinobacteriophage isolated using
G. terrae
that possesses a myovirus morphology.

## Full-text entities

- **Species:** Mycolicibacterium smegmatis (species) [taxon 1772], Microbacterium foliorum (species) [taxon 104336], Gordonia terrae (species) [taxon 2055]

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## References

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