Genome Sequences of Bacteriophages Natasha and RustyBoy, Isolated on Arthrobacter globiformis, and Fazel, Isolated on Gordonia rubripertincta in Southwestern New Mexico

Merchant, Rebecca; Kirk, Violet; McClish, Isabella; Ferrara, Meghan; Garcia, Luke; Oesch, Riley; Barrera-Moncayo, Itxel; Blair, Alan; Eaton, Erika; Gatto, Gwenevere; Geoffrion, Laurel; Kirkman, Micah; Kouchich-Martens, Abey; Madduri, Lalitha; Rosa, Sophia; Valdez, Marisa; Zamora, Ana; DeVeaux, Linda; Jobe, Nathaniel; Goncz, Kaarin

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Rebecca Merchant¹^*, Violet Kirk¹^*, Isabella McClish¹^*, Meghan Ferrara¹^*, Luke Garcia¹^*, Riley Oesch¹^*, Itxel Barrera-Moncayo¹^*, Alan Blair¹^*, Erika Eaton¹^*, Gwenevere Gatto¹^*, Laurel Geoffrion¹^*, Micah Kirkman¹^*, Abey Kouchich-Martens¹^*, Lalitha Madduri¹^*, Sophia Rosa¹^*, Marisa Valdez¹^*, Ana Zamora¹^*, Linda DeVeaux¹^*, Nathaniel Jobe¹^§^*, and Kaarin Goncz¹^§^*

¹Biology, New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology, Socorro, NM, US

^§Correspondence to: Nathaniel Jobe (nathaniel.jobe@student.nmt.edu) Kaarin Goncz (kaarin.goncz@nmt.edu)

^* Authors have equal contribution

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Author Contributions

Rebecca Merchant: Investigation, Writing - original draft
Violet Kirk: Investigation, Writing - original draft
Isabella McClish: Investigation, Writing - original draft
Meghan Ferrara: Investigation, Writing - original draft
Luke Garcia: Investigation, Writing - original draft
Riley Oesch: Investigation
Itxel Barrera-Moncayo: Investigation
Alan Blair: Investigation
Erika Eaton: Investigation
Gwenevere Gatto: Investigation
Laurel Geoffrion: Investigation
Micah Kirkman: Investigation
Abey Kouchich-Martens: Investigation
Lalitha Madduri: Investigation
Sophia Rosa: Investigation
Marisa Valdez: Investigation
Ana Zamora: Investigation
Linda DeVeaux: Supervision, Investigation, Validation
Nathaniel Jobe: Supervision, Investigation, Validation
Kaarin Goncz: Supervision, Investigation, Validation, Writing - review & editing

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Anonymous, Jamie Wallen

History

Received: 10/29/2025
Revision Received: 11/21/2025
Accepted: 12/12/2025
Published Online: 12/15/2025

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