Mycobacterium phage BigSmitty
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| Detailed Information for Phage BigSmitty | |
| Discovery Information | |
| Isolation Host | Mycobacterium smegmatis mc²155 |
| Found By | Eli Smith and Mars Smith |
| Year Found | 2025 |
| Location Found | Boulder, CO United States of America |
| Finding Institution | University of Colorado Boulder |
| Program | Science Education Alliance-Phage Hunters Advancing Genomics and Evolutionary Science |
| From enriched soil sample? | Yes |
| Isolation Temperature | 22°C |
| GPS Coordinates | 39.979994 N, 105.243954 W Map |
| Discovery Notes | Soil was collected on August 27th at 5:37 pm. Sample was collected from a backyard. |
| Naming Notes | Since we both have the last name Smith, and our bacteriophage had a very big tail, we decided to name the phage BigSmitty due to the name and size. This name originates from when Eli Smith played football in high school and his defensive line coach called him BIgSmitty. |
| 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 | After performing serial dilutions to isolate BigSmitty, the resulting plaques were all approximately 2.75 mm in diameter and appeared to be lytic. |
| 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 |
| SEA Lysate Titer | 4.7x1010 pfu/mL |