Mycobacterium phage Catch22
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| Detailed Information for Phage Catch22 | |
| Discovery Information | |
| Isolation Host | Mycobacterium smegmatis mc²155 |
| Found By | Eleora Jacob |
| Year Found | 2025 |
| Location Found | Holland, MI United States of America |
| Finding Institution | Hope College |
| Program | Science Education Alliance-Phage Hunters Advancing Genomics and Evolutionary Science |
| From enriched soil sample? | No |
| Isolation Temperature | 34°C |
| GPS Coordinates | 42.7697 N, 86.1664 W Map |
| Discovery Notes | Vegetable compost. Had rain previous weekend with new compost and turnover. Rained night before collection. Compost was moist. Collected at 8:15am on September 23, 2025. Temperature outside was 64°F. |
| Naming Notes | Catch22 is a fun phrase and used in a YouTube video about phages ("The Deadliest Being on Planet Earth - The Bacteriophage") by Kurzgesagt - In a Nutshell. |
| 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 | Plaque morphology is mostly bullseyes that are roughly 3mm after 22 hours of incubation at 34°C: clear center, turbid ring, clearer turbid ring, turbid and soft edges. Sometimes bullseyes are smaller and have the same ring pattern. When much smaller, around 1mm, the bullseyes are not apparent while soft edges are still present. This smaller morphology (<2mm) is rare and can occur up to approximately 7% of the time. With more incubation time, plaques grow larger and rings are less distinct. |
| 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 |
