Mycobacterium phage EGUnicorn
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Detailed Information for Phage EGUnicorn
Discovery Information
Isolation HostMycobacterium smegmatis mc²155
Found ByGia Baldo and Elizabeth Van Order
Year Found2024
Location FoundBlacksburg, VA United States
Finding InstitutionVirginia Tech
ProgramScience Education Alliance-Phage Hunters Advancing Genomics and Evolutionary Science
From enriched soil sample?Yes
Isolation Temperature37°C
GPS Coordinates37.23013 N, 80.43823 W Map
Discovery NotesFound from a soil sample next to a walking path. Soil sample was isolated in August of 2024.
Naming NotesThe name came from the founders first initials and the term unicorn comes from the unique nature of our sample.
Sequencing Information
Sequencing Complete?Yes
Date Sequencing CompletedJan 15, 2025
Sequencing FacilityPittsburgh Bacteriophage Institute
Shotgun Sequencing MethodIllumina
Sequencer UsedIllumina NextSeq 1000
Read TypeSingle-end reads
Read Length100 bp
Approximate Shotgun Coverage1078
Genome length (bp)42003
Character of genome ends3' Sticky Overhang
Overhang Length13 bases
Overhang SequenceCCCGCCGCAATGG
GC Content66.5%
Fasta file available?Yes: Download fasta file
Characterization
ClusterN
Subcluster--
Cluster Life CycleTemperate
Other Cluster Members
Annotating InstitutionVirginia Tech
Annotation StatusQC Complete
Plaque NotesPlaques are slightly turbid and not spherical in nature. The edges of the plaques are irregular.
MorphotypeSiphoviridae
Number of Genes66
Number of tRNAs0
Number of tmRNAs0
Has been Phamerated?Yes
Gene List

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EGUnicorn_1

EGUnicorn_2
(terminase)

EGUnicorn_3

EGUnicorn_4
(portal protein)

EGUnicorn_5
(capsid maturation protease)

EGUnicorn_6
(major capsid protein)

EGUnicorn_7

EGUnicorn_8
(head-to-tail adaptor)

EGUnicorn_9
(head-to-tail stopper)

EGUnicorn_10

EGUnicorn_11

EGUnicorn_12
(tail terminator)

EGUnicorn_13
(major tail protein)

EGUnicorn_14
(tail assembly chaperone)

EGUnicorn_15
(tail assembly chaperone)

EGUnicorn_16
(tape measure protein)

EGUnicorn_17
(minor tail protein)

EGUnicorn_18
(minor tail protein)

EGUnicorn_19
(minor tail protein)

EGUnicorn_20
(minor tail protein)

EGUnicorn_21

EGUnicorn_22
(minor tail protein)

EGUnicorn_23

EGUnicorn_24

EGUnicorn_25

EGUnicorn_26

EGUnicorn_27

EGUnicorn_28
(lysin A)

EGUnicorn_29
(holin)

EGUnicorn_30

EGUnicorn_31
(antitoxin in toxin/antitoxin system, HicB-like)

EGUnicorn_32

EGUnicorn_33

EGUnicorn_34
(tyrosine integrase)

EGUnicorn_35
(immunity repressor)

EGUnicorn_36
(excise)

EGUnicorn_37

EGUnicorn_38

EGUnicorn_39

EGUnicorn_40

EGUnicorn_41

EGUnicorn_42

EGUnicorn_43

EGUnicorn_44
(WhiB family transcription factor)

EGUnicorn_45
(RecE-like exonuclease)

EGUnicorn_46
(RecT-like DNA pairing protein)

EGUnicorn_47
(Holliday junction resolvase)

EGUnicorn_48
(NrdH-like glutaredoxin)

EGUnicorn_49

EGUnicorn_50

EGUnicorn_51

EGUnicorn_52

EGUnicorn_53

EGUnicorn_54

EGUnicorn_55

EGUnicorn_56
(HNH endonuclease)

EGUnicorn_57

EGUnicorn_58

EGUnicorn_59
(RepA-like replication initiator)

EGUnicorn_60

EGUnicorn_61

EGUnicorn_62

EGUnicorn_63
(helix-turn-helix DNA binding domian)

EGUnicorn_64

EGUnicorn_65

EGUnicorn_66
(HNH endonuclease)

Submitted Minimal DNA Master FileDownload
Publication Info
Uploaded to GenBank?No
GenBank AccessionNone yet
Refseq NumberNone yet
Archiving Info
Archiving status Archived
Pitt Freezer Box# 210
Pitt Freezer Box Grid# G12
Available Files
Plaque PictureDownload
Restriction Digest PictureDownload
EM PictureDownload
GenBank File for PhameratorDownload