Genome Characteristics of Vardy, a Cluster DJ Actinobacteriophage Isolated on Gordonia rubripertincta in Western North Carolina

Phage Vardy is a lytic siphovirus isolated from creek soil in Cullowhee, NC, using Gordonia rubripertincta NRRL B-16540. Vardy's 60,144-bp genome contains 90 predicted genes and five copies of a 50-bp motif that may regulate gene expression. Based on gene content similarity, Vardy is assigned to cluster DJ.