Mycobacterium phage Anma
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Detailed Information for Phage Anma
Discovery Information
Isolation HostMycobacterium smegmatis mc²155
Found ByAnni Juusela
Year Found2025
Location FoundPhiladelphia, PA The United States
Finding InstitutionSaint Joseph's University
ProgramScience Education Alliance-Phage Hunters Advancing Genomics and Evolutionary Science
From enriched soil sample?No
Isolation Temperature37°C
GPS Coordinates39.99802 N, 75.241 W Map
Discovery NotesSample taken from under a big tree (Common Horsechestnut) which was on an area next to the road behind the Maguire Gallery in the Barnes Arboretum at SJU, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Date of collection 9/1/2025, and time 6:08 PM. A lot of dried out leaves, and sticks on this area. Soil condition: Dry, not very fine-grained.

Anni Juusela found this phage from her soil sample #33 through direct isolation. Isabella Moraca and Anni Juusela joined to work on this phage together in the beginning of October 2025.
Naming NotesThe name Anma comes from my name Anni and my mother's name Maria. Me and my mom came up with this short name of our names together a while back for something, and it was the first thing that came to my mind when thinking about phage names. It reminds me of my mom who I have shared my excitement of the Phage lab with this semester!

Pronounciation:

"Un - Mah"
Sequencing Information
Sequencing Complete?No
Genome length (bp)Unknown
Character of genome endsUnknown
Fasta file available?No
Characterization
ClusterUnclustered
Subcluster--
Annotating InstitutionUnknown or unassigned
Annotation StatusNot sequenced
Plaque NotesAverage plaque size (diameter) is 1-3 mm. Plaques are clear, but they have ill-defined edges.

Plaques have not been consistent with size, there have been both small and big plaques. At some point we thought that there might be two different phages because of the different plaque sizes but after doing multiple rounds of purification we figured that it is just one phage that makes different sized plaques. Appearance otherwise than size has been consistent: circular, clear, but ill-defined edges.
Has been Phamerated?No
Publication Info
Uploaded to GenBank?No
GenBank AccessionNone yet
Refseq NumberNone yet
Archiving Info
Archiving status Not in Pitt Archives