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

**Authors:** 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

PMC · DOI: 10.1128/mra.01333-24 · Microbiology Resource Announcements · 2025-04-15

## TL;DR

Scientists discovered two new viruses that infect a soil bacterium in Texas and sequenced their genomes.

## Contribution

The study reports two new lytic phages and identifies them as part of an unclassified viral order.

## Key findings

- FlyingTortilla and ScarletRaider are lytic phages infecting Gordonia rubripertincta.
- Genome sequences of the phages were fully characterized.
- The phages belong to an unclassified order within Caudoviricetes.

## 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.

## Linked entities

- **Species:** Gordonia rubripertincta (taxon 36822)

## Full-text entities

- **Species:** Gordonia rubripertincta (species) [taxon 36822]

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