| Detailed Information for Phage Bowman |
| Discovery Information |
| Isolation Host | Mycobacterium smegmatis mc²155 |
| Found By | Christine Bowman |
| Year Found | 2025 |
| Location Found | Murrells Inlet, SC USA |
| Finding Institution | Coastal Carolina University |
| Program | Science Education Alliance-Phage Hunters Advancing Genomics and Evolutionary Science |
| From enriched soil sample? | Yes |
| Isolation Temperature | 37°C |
| GPS Coordinates | 33.5666 N, 79.0648 W Map |
| Discovery Notes | The sample was isolated from a dark, moist patch of composted dirt. |
| Naming Notes | The name of my phage came from my families last name as we are the Bowman family. |
| Sequencing Information |
| Sequencing Complete? | Yes |
| Date Sequencing Completed | Jan 9, 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 | 99 |
| Genome length (bp) | 156413 |
| Character of genome ends | Circularly Permuted |
| GC Content | 64.7% |
| Fasta file available? | Yes: Download fasta file |
| Characterization |
| Cluster | C |
| Subcluster | C1 |
| Cluster Life Cycle | Lytic |
| Other Cluster Members |
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| Annotating Institution | Coastal Carolina University |
| Annotation Status | Being Annotated (Expected completion by 5/1/2026) |
| Plaque Notes | Plaques are circular and very clear with a small halo around them. |
| Morphotype | Siphoviridae |
| Number of Genes | 232 |
| Number of tRNAs | 33 |
| Number of tmRNAs | 1 |
| 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 |