Mycobacterium phage Demikore
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| Detailed Information for Phage Demikore | |
| Discovery Information | |
| Isolation Host | Mycobacterium smegmatis mc²155 |
| Found By | Zenith Nolan |
| Year Found | 2025 |
| Location Found | Arlington, VA United States |
| Finding Institution | University of Mary Washington |
| Program | Science Education Alliance-Phage Hunters Advancing Genomics and Evolutionary Science |
| From enriched soil sample? | No |
| Isolation Temperature | 22°C |
| GPS Coordinates | 38.878799 N, 77.118807 W Map |
| Discovery Notes | The soil used was dry garden compost, roughly 2 inches deep from the surface. |
| Naming Notes | Due to the high amount of plaques present in initial steps of the Phage Hunters process, I chose to name my phage after the Greek goddess of plenty and growth combined with the name of her child. |
| Sequencing Information | |
| Sequencing Complete? | Yes |
| Date Sequencing Completed | Dec 15, 2025 |
| 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 | 70 |
| Genome length (bp) | 69365 |
| Character of genome ends | Circularly Permuted |
| GC Content | 50.4% |
| Fasta file available? | Yes: Download fasta file |
| Characterization | |
| Cluster | U |
| Subcluster | -- |
| Cluster Life Cycle | Lytic |
| Other Cluster Members |
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| Annotating Institution | University of Mary Washington |
| Annotation Status | Being Annotated (Expected completion by 5/1/2026) |
| Plaque Notes | Plaques are small and clear, with sharp edges and a circular shape. |
| 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 |
| SEA Lysate Titer | 3 * 10 |
| Available Files | |
| Plaque Picture | Download |
| Restriction Digest Picture | Download |
