Genome sequence and annotation of phage Ruchi (AS1) isolated from soil in Lumpkin County, Georgia.

Ruchi a temperate, AS1 subcluster bacteriophage isolated in Lumpkin County, Georgia using host , possesses a genome of 38,571 bp and 67.7% GC. Annotation of this virus revealed 64 predicted reading frames, no predicted tRNA genes, and a close evolutionary relationship to AS1 phage Basilisk.