Mycobacterium phage BiggieMac
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| Detailed Information for Phage BiggieMac | |
| Discovery Information | |
| Isolation Host | Mycobacterium smegmatis mc²155 |
| Found By | Ellie Mead & Kaeden Batz |
| Year Found | 2025 |
| Location Found | Boulder, CO United States |
| Finding Institution | University of Colorado Boulder |
| Program | Science Education Alliance-Phage Hunters Advancing Genomics and Evolutionary Science |
| From enriched soil sample? | Yes |
| Isolation Temperature | 23°C |
| GPS Coordinates | Unavailable |
| Discovery Notes | Our phage was found in a flower bed outside of the Muenzinger bus stop on the CU Boulder campus, and the weather was partly cloudy with a slight breeze. The dirt sample where we isolated our phage from did have some wood chips in it. |
| Naming Notes | We noticed early on that our phage consumed an excessive amount of M. smegmatis bacteria, thus we wanted to name our phage after a delicious snack. |
| 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 plaques were lytic, as they did not contain any characteristic halos. |
| 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 |
