# Isolation of a Gordonia rubripertincta bacteriophage, BluerMoon, from topsoil in Lubbock, Texas

**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.00725-25 · 2025-11-24

## TL;DR

This paper describes the discovery and analysis of a new bacteriophage, BluerMoon, isolated from soil in Texas.

## Contribution

The isolation and genomic analysis of a novel bacteriophage from environmental soil samples.

## Key findings

- BluerMoon was isolated from topsoil in Lubbock, Texas.
- BluerMoon belongs to the DJ cluster in the Actinobacteriophage database.

## Abstract

We isolated, annotated, and analyzed the genome of an environmental bacteriophage. BluerMoon was discovered from topsoil in Lubbock, Texas, as part of the Science Education Alliance–Phage Hunters Advancing Genomics and Evolutionary Sciences (SEA-PHAGES) program. BluerMoon is a member of the DJ cluster according to the Actinobacteriophage database, PhagesDB (https://phagesdb.org).

## Linked entities

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

## Full-text entities

- **Species:** Bacteriophage sp. (species) [taxon 38018], Gordonia rubripertincta (species) [taxon 36822]

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Source: https://tomesphere.com/paper/PMC12798066