| Detailed Information for Phage Chomp |
| Discovery Information |
| Isolation Host | Mycobacterium smegmatis mc²155 |
| Found By | Quinn Klessel |
| Year Found | 2021 |
| Location Found | North Wales, PA United States |
| Finding Institution | Lehigh University |
| Program | Science Education Alliance-Phage Hunters Advancing Genomics and Evolutionary Science |
| From enriched soil sample? | Yes |
| Isolation Temperature | 7°C |
| GPS Coordinates | 40.21221 N, 75.23547 W Map |
| Discovery Notes | Chomp was collected from 1 cm below the surface on a day with an ambient temperature of 7 degrees Celsius. The soil sample was collected from under a bridge that runs over a small creek in Oxford Park in North Wales Pennsylvania. The soil sample was damp and was full of organic matter. |
| Naming Notes | This phage was named Chomp as a humorous note on how bacteriophages eat bacteria. This phage "chomps" bacteria. |
| Sequencing Information |
| Sequencing Complete? | Yes |
| Date Sequencing Completed | Nov 17, 2021 |
| Sequencing Facility | Pittsburgh Bacteriophage Institute |
| Shotgun Sequencing Method | Illumina Sequencing |
| Approximate Shotgun Coverage | 135 |
| Genome length (bp) | 156655 |
| Character of genome ends | Circularly Permuted |
| GC Content | 64.7% |
| Fasta file available? | Yes: Download fasta file |
| Characterization |
| Cluster | C |
| Subcluster | C1 |
| Cluster Life Cycle | Lytic |
| Other Cluster Members |
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| Annotating Institution | Lehigh University |
| Annotation Status | Overdue (Expected completion by 12/15/2023) |
| Plaque Notes | Chomp produced plaques with clear centers and cloudy edges. The morphology of the plaques was relatively uniform with a diameter averaging about 1 millimeter. Chomp on occasion produced cloudy plaques, it is being researched further. |
| Morphotype | Myoviridae |
| Has been Phamerated? | Yes |
| Gene List |
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| Publication Info |
| Uploaded to GenBank? | No |
| GenBank Accession | None yet |
| Refseq Number | None yet |
| Archiving Info |
| Archiving status |
Archived |
| SEA Lysate Titer |
8.0 * 10^9 pfu/mL |
| Pitt Freezer Box# |
142 |
| Pitt Freezer Box Grid# |
H11 |