Mycobacterium phage Asterisk
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| Detailed Information for Phage Asterisk | |
| Discovery Information | |
| Isolation Host | Mycobacterium smegmatis mc²155 |
| Found By | Eaden Chang |
| Year Found | 2025 |
| Location Found | Sheperdsville, KY United States |
| Finding Institution | Western Kentucky University |
| Program | Science Education Alliance-Phage Hunters Advancing Genomics and Evolutionary Science |
| From enriched soil sample? | Yes |
| Isolation Temperature | 30°C |
| GPS Coordinates | 37.922976 N, 85.670048 W Map |
| Discovery Notes | Collected on 8/30/25 19:35 23° C Clear weather conditions Dry and dense soil Underneath a tree |
| Naming Notes | Asterisks represent sub notes, and I like the idea that even though my phage is unnoticeable to the human eye, it has meaningful implications and subtext that's easy to miss if you're not paying attention, but interesting if you notice. |
| 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 | Mixture of turbid and clear plaques with extreme size variance, ranging from less than 1mm to 6-10mm. Clear plaques are suspected to be mutations. |
| 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 |
| SEA Lysate Titer | 4.12 * 10^8 |
| Available Files | |
| Plaque Picture | Download |
| EM Picture | Download |
