| Detailed Information for Phage GroundGoblin |
| Discovery Information |
| Isolation Host | Mycobacterium smegmatis mc²155 |
| Found By | Sydney Libby, Jenna Carignan |
| Year Found | 2025 |
| Location Found | Orono, ME United States |
| 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 | 72°C |
| GPS Coordinates | 44.900879 N, 68.659144 W Map |
| Discovery Notes | The soil was collected from composted soil at the University of Maine Food Compost site. The soil was very dry and in a sunny area. |
| 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 | 738 |
| Genome length (bp) | 49610 |
| Character of genome ends | 3' Sticky Overhang |
| Overhang Length | 10 bases |
| Overhang Sequence | CGGATGGTAA |
| GC Content | 63.8% |
| Fasta file available? | Yes: Download fasta file |
| Characterization |
| Cluster | A |
| Subcluster | A1 |
| 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 | 3.0mm plaques form with 1.0mm clear centers surrounded by turbid rings. Also forms 2.0mm clear plaques. Picked turbid plaques form either clear or turbid plaque morphologies while the picked clear plaques consistently form clear plaques.
See inserted photo for morphology differences. |
| 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 |
