| Detailed Information for Phage BlacksBerry |
| Discovery Information |
| Isolation Host | Mycobacterium smegmatis mc²155 |
| Found By | Sophia Barrett and Thomas Hausler |
| Year Found | 2025 |
| Location Found | Blacksburg, VA United States |
| Finding Institution | Virginia Tech |
| Program | Science Education Alliance-Phage Hunters Advancing Genomics and Evolutionary Science |
| From enriched soil sample? | Yes |
| Isolation Temperature | 37°C |
| GPS Coordinates | 37.22988 N, 80.40873 W Map |
| Discovery Notes | BlacksBerry was found in the soil outside of Berryfield Condominiums, near trees. |
| Naming Notes | My partner Thomas found our phage on Berryfield lane in Blacksburg VA. We wanted our phage's name to correspond with its location using a name such as "BlacksBerry". |
| Sequencing Information |
| Sequencing Complete? | Yes |
| Date Sequencing Completed | Jan 15, 2026 |
| Sequencing Facility | Pittsburgh Bacteriophage Institute |
| Shotgun Sequencing Method | Illumina |
| Sequencer Used | Illumina NextSeq 1000 |
| Read Type | Single-end reads |
| Read Length | 100 bp |
| Approximate Shotgun Coverage | 138 |
| Genome length (bp) | 67986 |
| Character of genome ends | Circularly Permuted |
| GC Content | 66.5% |
| Fasta file available? | Yes: Download fasta file |
| Characterization |
| Cluster | B |
| Subcluster | B1 |
| Cluster Life Cycle | Lytic |
| Other Cluster Members |
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| Annotating Institution | Virginia Tech |
| Annotation Status | Being Annotated (Expected completion by 5/1/2026) |
| Plaque Notes | BlacksBerry's plaques are small, clear and circular. |
| Morphotype | Siphoviridae |
| Number of Genes | 101 |
| Number of tRNAs | 0 |
| Number of tmRNAs | 0 |
| 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 |
| Available Files |
| Plaque Picture | Download |
| Restriction Digest Picture | Download |
| EM Picture | Download |
