Mycobacterium phage FatherMarcus
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| Detailed Information for Phage FatherMarcus | |
| Discovery Information | |
| Isolation Host | Mycobacterium smegmatis mc²155 |
| Found By | Leah Fries & Olivia Graveley |
| Year Found | 2023 |
| Location Found | Philadelphia, PA United States |
| Finding Institution | Saint Joseph's University |
| Program | Science Education Alliance-Phage Hunters Advancing Genomics and Evolutionary Science |
| From enriched soil sample? | Yes |
| Isolation Temperature | 37°C |
| GPS Coordinates | 39.99469 N, 75.24007 W Map |
| Discovery Notes | The soil sample was collected from the garden behind the chapel out front of the McShain bridge. The area has trees, bushes, and flowers growing and is close to a concrete wall that separates the St. Joseph’s University campus from the street of city line avenue. The soil was slightly saturated because it had just rained the night before which softened the soil. The humidity was 82% at the time of collection. Leah Fries collected the soil sample in 2023, which lead to the discovery of this phage. Other students that worked on this phage include Marlon Bogle & Valentyn Sukhyy (also in 2023), and Jacquelyn McGinty & Tumisola Salami (in 2025). |
| Naming Notes | Father Marcus was discovered in the garden behind the Saint Joseph's University Chapel. We named him Father, as we knew of a Father Mark and wanted our phage to live out his religious origin. |
| Sequencing Information | |
| Sequencing Complete? | No |
| Genome length (bp) | Unknown |
| Character of genome ends | Unknown |
| Fasta file available? | No |
| Characterization | |
| Cluster | Unclustered |
| Subcluster | -- |
| Annotating Institution | Unknown or unassigned |
| Annotation Status | Not sequenced |
| Plaque Notes | The average plaque size was 1.2mm. The plaques produced were small, cloudy and turbid. Plates were incubated for 48 hour periods. |
| Morphotype | Myoviridae |
| Has been Phamerated? | No |
| Publication Info | |
| Uploaded to GenBank? | No |
| GenBank Accession | None yet |
| Refseq Number | None yet |
| Archiving Info | |
| Archiving status | Archived |
| Pitt Freezer Box# | 186 |
| Pitt Freezer Box Grid# | H5 |
| Available Files | |
| Plaque Picture | Download |
| Restriction Digest Picture | Download |
| EM Picture | Download |