| Detailed Information for Phage Belieber |
| Discovery Information |
| Isolation Host | Mycobacterium smegmatis mc²155 |
| Found By | Sheri Herbison and Srija Doma |
| Year Found | 2024 |
| Location Found | Richmond, VA United States of America |
| Finding Institution | Virginia Commonwealth University |
| Program | Science Education Alliance-Phage Hunters Advancing Genomics and Evolutionary Science |
| From enriched soil sample? | Yes |
| Isolation Temperature | 37°C |
| GPS Coordinates | 37.531667 N, 77.449722 W Map |
| Discovery Notes | Soil sample found by Sheri Herbison, but purified by Srija Doma. |
| Naming Notes | Beliebers are the official fanbase for Justin Bieber. The persistent trials it took to successfully find this phage inspired the name Belieber. |
| Sequencing Information |
| Sequencing Complete? | Yes |
| Date Sequencing Completed | Jan 10, 2025 |
| Sequencing Facility | Pittsburgh Bacteriophage Institute |
| Shotgun Sequencing Method | Illumina |
| Approximate Shotgun Coverage | 2578 |
| Genome length (bp) | 154416 |
| Character of genome ends | Circularly Permuted |
| GC Content | 64.7% |
| Fasta file available? | Yes: Download fasta file |
| Characterization |
| Cluster | C |
| Subcluster | C1 |
| Cluster Life Cycle | Lytic |
| Other Cluster Members |
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| Annotating Institution | Virginia Commonwealth University |
| Annotation Status | Being Annotated (Expected completion by 5/1/2025) |
| Plaque Notes | Small, clear plaques and some cloudy spotting on the plate. Plaques are roughly 1mm. |
| Morphotype | Myoviridae |
| Number of Genes | 226 |
| Number of tRNAs | 33 |
| Number of tmRNAs | 1 |
| Has been Phamerated? | Yes |
| Gene List |
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| 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 |
10^8 |
| Available Files |
| Plaque Picture | Download |
| EM Picture | Download |
