Mycobacterium phage BananasTBear
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| Detailed Information for Phage BananasTBear | |
| Discovery Information | |
| Isolation Host | Mycobacterium smegmatis mc²155 |
| Found By | Emily Houghton & Carolina Lobe |
| Year Found | 2025 |
| Location Found | Orono, ME United States of America |
| Finding Institution | University of Maine, Honors College |
| Program | Science Education Alliance-Phage Hunters Advancing Genomics and Evolutionary Science |
| From enriched soil sample? | Yes |
| Isolation Temperature | 30°C |
| GPS Coordinates | Unavailable |
| Discovery Notes | The soil sample was collected underneath a decomposing banana pile on the University of Maine campus in Orono. |
| Naming Notes | BananasTBear was named after the greatest mascot of all time (UMAINE Mascot) which was inspired by the decomposing banana pile where the sample was collected. |
| Sequencing Information | |
| Sequencing Complete? | No |
| Genome length (bp) | Unknown |
| Character of genome ends | Unknown |
| Fasta file available? | No |
| Characterization | |
| Cluster | K |
| Subcluster | K2 |
| Cluster Life Cycle | Temperate |
| Annotating Institution | Unknown or unassigned |
| Annotation Status | Not sequenced |
| Plaque Notes | Bananas T. Bear forms a ~4mm clear plaque with a ~1mm clear pinpoint in the center surrounded with a ~3mm turbid ring on a lawn of M. smegmatis. When there is a high density of plaques they are cloudy with a pinpoint in the center. When density is low, plaques are clear with little to no cloudiness. |
| Morphotype | Siphoviridae |
| 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 |
| Available Files | |
| Plaque Picture | Download |
| Restriction Digest Picture | Download |
| EM Picture | Download |
