| Detailed Information for Phage DoubleChamp |
| Discovery Information |
| Isolation Host | Mycobacterium smegmatis mc²155 |
| Found By | John Milner |
| Year Found | 2025 |
| Location Found | Old Town, ME Old Town |
| Finding Institution | University of Maine, Honors College |
| Program | Science Education Alliance-Phage Hunters Advancing Genomics and Evolutionary Science |
| From enriched soil sample? | No |
| Isolation Temperature | 30°C |
| GPS Coordinates | 44.93044 N, 68.69286 W Map |
| Discovery Notes | Taken from soil from a farm. It was a moist/damp soil sample. |
| Naming Notes | I had come up with the name after watching a UFC event and thought DoubleChamp sounded cool. |
| Sequencing Information |
| Sequencing Complete? | Yes |
| Date Sequencing Completed | Nov 25, 2025 |
| Sequencing Facility | Hubbard Center for Genome Studies at the University of New Hampshire |
| Shotgun Sequencing Method | Illumina |
| Sequencer Used | Illumina NextSeq 1000 |
| Read Type | Paired-end reads |
| Approximate Shotgun Coverage | 510 |
| Genome length (bp) | 61395 |
| Character of genome ends | 3' Sticky Overhang |
| Overhang Length | 11 bases |
| Overhang Sequence | CTCAGTGGCAT |
| GC Content | 65.6% |
| Fasta file available? | Yes: Download fasta file |
| Characterization |
| Cluster | K |
| Subcluster | K5 |
| Cluster Life Cycle | Temperate |
| Other Cluster Members |
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| Annotating Institution | University of Maine, Honors College |
| Annotation Status | Being Annotated (Expected completion by 5/1/2026) |
| Plaque Notes | The plaques have a clear center with turbid rings around it. |
| 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 |