Abstract
Novel bacteriophage Yucky infects Gordonia rubripertincta , a bacterium known for its bioremediation potential. Phage particles have a siphovirus morphology and form 1.2 mm ± 0.5 mm-wide plaques (n=10). The genome of Yucky is 47,803 bp in length and encodes 74 protein-coding genes. The phage was assigned to cluster CT based on gene content similarity of at least 35% to actinobacteriophages. Thirty-nine gene products have putative functions, including genes involved in lysis, such as two lysin A domain genes as well as a lysin B gene.