Mycobacterium phage Asase
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| Detailed Information for Phage Asase | |
| Discovery Information | |
| Isolation Host | Mycobacterium smegmatis mc²155 |
| Found By | Elissa Matthews and Kirsten Williams |
| Year Found | 2025 |
| Location Found | Washington, DC United States |
| Finding Institution | Howard University |
| Program | Science Education Alliance-Phage Hunters Advancing Genomics and Evolutionary Science |
| From enriched soil sample? | No |
| Isolation Temperature | 24°C |
| GPS Coordinates | 38.9218 N, 77.01886 W Map |
| Discovery Notes | We collected our phage in 3.1 inches depth in soil. |
| Naming Notes | We named our phage Asase because it means Mother Nature in West Africa. We found this name fit because our bacteriophage resembled an embryo. |
| Sequencing Information | |
| Sequencing Complete? | No |
| Genome length (bp) | Unknown |
| Character of genome ends | Unknown |
| Fasta file available? | No |
| Characterization | |
| Cluster | Unclustered |
| Subcluster | -- |
| Annotating Institution | Unknown or unassigned |
| Annotation Status | Not sequenced |
| Plaque Notes | Asase had large, distinct plaques that were embryo shaped. |
| Has been Phamerated? | No |
| Publication Info | |
| Uploaded to GenBank? | No |
| GenBank Accession | None yet |
| Refseq Number | None yet |
| Archiving Info | |
| Archiving status | Not in Pitt Archives |