Mycobacterium phage Bunky
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| Detailed Information for Phage Bunky | |
| Discovery Information | |
| Isolation Host | Mycobacterium smegmatis mc²155 |
| Found By | Jack Gillis |
| Year Found | 2025 |
| Location Found | Ottawa, Canada |
| Finding Institution | University of Ottawa |
| Program | Science Education Alliance-Phage Hunters Advancing Genomics and Evolutionary Science |
| From enriched soil sample? | No |
| Isolation Temperature | 14°C |
| GPS Coordinates | 45.277558 N, 75.767731 W Map |
| Discovery Notes | Bunky was isolated from a soil sample from a hydrangea garden bed that contained mulch and pine needles. |
| Naming Notes | The phage's name is derived from a nickname used in a high school physics and calculus class, where test grades were distributed via an Excel spreadsheet and each student had a codename. |
| 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 | Plaques produced by Bunky are consistently small in size and clear. |
| 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 |