| Detailed Information for Phage Chipette |
| Discovery Information |
| Isolation Host | Mycobacterium smegmatis mc²155 |
| Former names | Chip |
| Found By | Khadija Bhatti and Ciera DaPra |
| Year Found | 2018 |
| Location Found | Las Vegas, NV USA |
| Finding Institution | University of Nevada Las Vegas |
| Program | Science Education Alliance-Phage Hunters Advancing Genomics and Evolutionary Science |
| From enriched soil sample? | Yes |
| Isolation Temperature | 29°C |
| GPS Coordinates | 36.112 N, 115.144787 W Map |
| Discovery Notes | Taken from Planter 21 from UNLV community garden from wet soil. The sample was isolated using Direct Isolation. |
| Naming Notes | Chipette was originally Chip however that name was taken as of this year and
Chip came from Chip and Dale from the 1947 children's cartoon created by Walt Disney Productions in 1943. The Scientists Khadija and Ciera who discovered Chipette isolated two phages with different morphology so they named one Chip and the other Dale. |
| Sequencing Information |
| Sequencing Complete? | Yes |
| Date Sequencing Completed | Jan 28, 2025 |
| Sequencing Facility | NC State Genomic Sciences Laboratory |
| Shotgun Sequencing Method | Illumina |
| Approximate Shotgun Coverage | 109989 |
| Genome length (bp) | 68337 |
| 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 | University of Nevada Las Vegas |
| Annotation Status | Being Annotated (Expected completion by 5/1/2025) |
| Plaque Notes | Chipette's morphology is that of a temperate or lysogenic phage with a plaque diameter of 0.5mm. Chipette's plaques are constantly growing into each other so true diameter is not entirely known so the smallest diameter measured was chosen to represent the phage. |
| Morphotype | Siphoviridae |
| Number of Genes | 99 |
| 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 |
Archived |
| Pitt Freezer Box# |
78 |
| Pitt Freezer Box Grid# |
B2 |
| Available Files |
| Plaque Picture | Download |
| Restriction Digest Picture | Download |
| EM Picture | Download |
