Mycobacterium phage BaradDur
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| Detailed Information for Phage BaradDur | |
| Discovery Information | |
| Isolation Host | Mycobacterium smegmatis mc²155 |
| Found By | Rassan Muathin, Noble Dragon |
| Year Found | 2025 |
| Location Found | Old Town, ME United States |
| 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 | 44.93043 N, 68.69286 W Map |
| Discovery Notes | The soil was collected from a cornfield farm in Old Town, Maine on August 24, 2025 by Dr. Sally Molloy. The enriched sample produced a very small cloudy plaque. BaradDur was ultimately isolated from this plaque after seven rounds of purification. |
| Naming Notes | BaradDur was named after Barad-dûr, the Dark Tower from The Lord of the Rings. The name reflects its tall Siphoviridae tail, with the phage head resembling the “eye” at the top of the tower. |
| 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 | Cloudy, turbid plaques ~4.0 mm in diameter. |
| 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 |
