| Detailed Information for Phage Chentzyk |
| Discovery Information |
| Isolation Host | Mycobacterium smegmatis mc²155 |
| Found By | Ella Pickett |
| Year Found | 2024 |
| Location Found | Holland, MI United States |
| Finding Institution | Hope College |
| Program | Science Education Alliance-Phage Hunters Advancing Genomics and Evolutionary Science |
| From enriched soil sample? | Yes |
| Isolation Temperature | 26°C |
| GPS Coordinates | 42.78863 N, 86.10402 E Map |
| Discovery Notes | Phage was found in a soil sample from a flower bed in front of Hope Colleges Admissions building. |
| Naming Notes | Chentzyk is named after my favorite hockey player Wayne Gretzky and my favorite figure skater, Nathan Chen. I combined their last names and desided on the name Chentzyk for the name of my phage. |
| Sequencing Information |
| Sequencing Complete? | Yes |
| Date Sequencing Completed | Dec 23, 2024 |
| Sequencing Facility | Pittsburgh Bacteriophage Institute |
| Shotgun Sequencing Method | Illumina |
| Approximate Shotgun Coverage | 3225 |
| Genome length (bp) | 69383 |
| Character of genome ends | Circularly Permuted |
| GC Content | 67.5% |
| Fasta file available? | Yes: Download fasta file |
| Characterization |
| Cluster | B |
| Subcluster | B3 |
| Cluster Life Cycle | Lytic |
| Other Cluster Members |
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| Annotating Institution | Hope College |
| Annotation Status | Being Annotated (Expected completion by 5/1/2025) |
| Morphotype | Siphoviridae |
| Number of Genes | 104 |
| 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 |
| Virtual Digest Picture | Download |
