| Detailed Information for Phage Chuni |
| Discovery Information |
| Isolation Host | Mycobacterium smegmatis mc²155 |
| Found By | Elizabeth Sevrukov |
| Year Found | 2025 |
| Location Found | Williamsburg, VA US |
| Finding Institution | College of William & Mary |
| Program | Science Education Alliance-Phage Hunters Advancing Genomics and Evolutionary Science |
| From enriched soil sample? | Yes |
| Isolation Temperature | 23°C |
| GPS Coordinates | 37.269106 N, 76.714417 W Map |
| Discovery Notes | The sample was moist and brown, and my sample was about 1/2 an inch deep. |
| Naming Notes | I named my phage after my dog, because the phage tails reminded me of my dogs tail. |
| Sequencing Information |
| Sequencing Complete? | Yes |
| Date Sequencing Completed | Jan 22, 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 | 141 |
| Genome length (bp) | 69090 |
| Character of genome ends | Circularly Permuted |
| GC Content | 66.4% |
| 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 | College of William & Mary |
| Annotation Status | Being Annotated (Expected completion by 5/1/2026) |
| Plaque Notes | The plaques were small, round, and clear. They were very consistent, all the same size and morphology, around 1 mm. |
| 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 |