Mycobacterium phage Bilmar
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| Detailed Information for Phage Bilmar | |
| Discovery Information | |
| Isolation Host | Mycobacterium smegmatis mc²155 |
| Found By | Skye Del Zotto |
| Year Found | 2025 |
| Location Found | Philadelphia, PA United States |
| Finding Institution | Saint Joseph's University |
| Program | Science Education Alliance-Phage Hunters Advancing Genomics and Evolutionary Science |
| From enriched soil sample? | No |
| Isolation Temperature | 37°C |
| GPS Coordinates | 39.994722 N, 75.241944 W Map |
| Discovery Notes | Bilmar was collected on September 1, 2025 at 7:25 PM on the Hawk Hill campus of Saint Joseph’s University in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. The sample came from the area between Curran Field, Ryan Field, and the Cardinal Foley Center — right between a trashcan and walkway. The soil was dry, hard, and sandy, taken from a depth of 24 cm. |
| Naming Notes | My dogs names are Billie and Mars, so I took the first 3 letters of each and created Bilmar. |
| 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 | Bilmar forms cloudy/turbid plaques with some having halo-like rings, typically 2–5 mm, best measured after 48 hours incubation at 37°C. |
| 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 |