Mycobacterium phage Gegenwerth
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| Detailed Information for Phage Gegenwerth | |
| Discovery Information | |
| Isolation Host | Mycobacterium smegmatis mc²155 |
| Former names | HeartOfGold |
| Found By | Aidan Gegenwarth |
| Year Found | 2025 |
| Location Found | Williamsburg, VA US |
| Finding Institution | College of William & Mary |
| Program | Science Education Alliance-Phage Hunters Advancing Genomics and Evolutionary Science |
| From enriched soil sample? | Yes |
| Isolation Temperature | 20°C |
| GPS Coordinates | 37.269623 N, 76.714434 W Map |
| Discovery Notes | Phage was isolated from plaques that began appearing on a negative control M. smeg bacterial lawn that was contaminated with an unknown phage. |
| Naming Notes | Heart Of Gold is a spaceship from the Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy. It is also the name of a sailboat I have sailed. |
| 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 | Has a bullseye, ~1mm in diameter |
| Morphotype | Siphoviridae |
| 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 |
| Available Files | |
| Plaque Picture | Download |
| Restriction Digest Picture | Download |
| EM Picture | Download |
