| Detailed Information for Phage Dessert |
| Discovery Information |
| Isolation Host | Mycobacterium smegmatis mc²155 |
| Found By | Catherine Guler |
| Year Found | 2025 |
| Location Found | Holmdel, NJ United States |
| Finding Institution | Hope College |
| Program | Science Education Alliance-Phage Hunters Advancing Genomics and Evolutionary Science |
| From enriched soil sample? | No |
| Isolation Temperature | 34°C |
| GPS Coordinates | 40.36201 N, 74.19086 W Map |
| Discovery Notes | 8/18/25, 1:55 pm EST, 71 degrees fahrenheit, sun, dry some moisture, Put compost and top soil together in a plastic bag. |
| Naming Notes | I have always loved sweets and sugar in general more then most people. Candy also has such a large variety of flavors and interesting cultural implications. |
| Sequencing Information |
| Sequencing Complete? | Yes |
| Date Sequencing Completed | Jan 6, 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 | 327 |
| Genome length (bp) | 154931 |
| Character of genome ends | Circularly Permuted |
| GC Content | 64.7% |
| Fasta file available? | Yes: Download fasta file |
| Characterization |
| Cluster | C |
| Subcluster | C1 |
| Cluster Life Cycle | Lytic |
| Other Cluster Members |
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| Annotating Institution | Hope College |
| Annotation Status | Being Annotated (Expected completion by 5/1/2026) |
| Plaque Notes | Small round circles between 1-2mm in size with distinct edges. Plaque morphology fully develops at about 48 hours incubated at 34 degrees celsius. |
| Number of Genes | 229 |
| Number of tRNAs | 33 |
| Number of tmRNAs | 1 |
| 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 |
| Restriction Digest Picture | Download |
