Mycobacterium phage DarthInvader
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| Detailed Information for Phage DarthInvader | |
| Discovery Information | |
| Isolation Host | Mycobacterium smegmatis mc²155 |
| Found By | Ava Suakjian & Cassidy Flanagan |
| Year Found | 2025 |
| Location Found | San Fransisco, CA USA |
| Finding Institution | Gonzaga University |
| Program | Science Education Alliance-Phage Hunters Advancing Genomics and Evolutionary Science |
| From enriched soil sample? | Unknown |
| Isolation Temperature | Not entered |
| GPS Coordinates | 37.52578 N, 122.34562 W Map |
| Discovery Notes | Our phage was discovered from organic damp surface soil gathered in San Francisco. |
| Naming Notes | We choose to give this phage a Star Wars inspired name and named it after the legendary Darth Vader. |
| 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 | Our phage is most likely a siphoviridae phage, because although its tail is mostly straight it does not appear as thick as the tails of myoviridae phage. |
| Morphotype | Siphoviridae |
| 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 |