Mycobacterium phage Bellona
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| Detailed Information for Phage Bellona | |
| Discovery Information | |
| Isolation Host | Mycobacterium smegmatis mc²155 |
| Found By | Justin Roddy, Seth Walker, Maxxine Wellington |
| Year Found | 2025 |
| Location Found | Kenosha, WI United States |
| Finding Institution | Carthage College |
| Program | Science Education Alliance-Phage Hunters Advancing Genomics and Evolutionary Science |
| From enriched soil sample? | Yes |
| Isolation Temperature | 37°C |
| GPS Coordinates | 42.6193 N, 87.8215 W Map |
| Discovery Notes | Found from a flower garden just behind Madrigano Hall at Carthage College. |
| Naming Notes | Bellona is our second-choice name because Ktulu was denied. We chose Bellona for similar reasons as Ktulu. Our phage absolutely decimates the first few serial dilution plates so we figured naming it after the Roman goddess of battle would be fitting. Bellona is also one of the most powerful Houses of Mars in the Red Rising book series. |
| 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 | Our phage is a lytic phage that leaves plaques about 1 mm in diameter. |
| 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 |