| Detailed Information for Phage FairyPath |
| Discovery Information |
| Isolation Host | Mycobacterium smegmatis mc²155 |
| Former names | ToothFairy |
| Found By | Mason Krawczynski |
| Year Found | 2024 |
| Location Found | Crystal Lake, Ellington, CT United States |
| Finding Institution | Providence College |
| Program | Science Education Alliance-Phage Hunters Advancing Genomics and Evolutionary Science |
| From enriched soil sample? | Yes |
| Isolation Temperature | 37°C |
| GPS Coordinates | 41.924167 N, 72.369167 W Map |
| Discovery Notes | A soil sample was collected at my home on top of Kendall Hill (910 ft. elevation) in the Crystal Ridge Estates neighborhood of Crystal Lake, Ellington, Connecticut, on Monday, January 15, 2024, at 2:20 p.m. The soil was frozen and was collected approximately 6 centimeters into the ground underneath a coverage of leaves. The weather was partly cloudy and -1.7 degrees C. |
| Naming Notes | The phage name "FairyPath" is named after the location I collected the sample from in my backyard, coined the "Fairy Path." |
| Sequencing Information |
| Sequencing Complete? | Yes |
| Date Sequencing Completed | Nov 22, 2024 |
| Sequencing Facility | Rhode Island INBRE Molecular Informatics Core |
| Shotgun Sequencing Method | Illumina |
| Approximate Shotgun Coverage | 4799 |
| Genome length (bp) | 75758 |
| Character of genome ends | 3' Sticky Overhang |
| Overhang Length | 9 bases |
| Overhang Sequence | CGCTTGTCA |
| GC Content | 63.1% |
| Fasta file available? | Yes: Download fasta file |
| Characterization |
| Cluster | E |
| Subcluster | -- |
| Cluster Life Cycle | Temperate |
| Other Cluster Members |
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| Annotating Institution | Providence College |
| Annotation Status | Being Annotated (Expected completion by 5/1/2025) |
| Morphotype | Siphoviridae |
| Number of Genes | 140 |
| Number of tRNAs | 2 |
| Number of tmRNAs | 0 |
| 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 |