| Detailed Information for Phage HogWash |
| Discovery Information |
| Isolation Host | Mycobacterium smegmatis mc²155 |
| Former names | HogWash |
| Found By | Hayden Rollins and Makayla Nier |
| Year Found | 2025 |
| Location Found | Kenosha, WI United States of America |
| Finding Institution | Carthage College |
| Program | Science Education Alliance-Phage Hunters Advancing Genomics and Evolutionary Science |
| From enriched soil sample? | Unknown |
| Isolation Temperature | 37°C |
| GPS Coordinates | 42.62343 N, 87.82004 W Map |
| Discovery Notes | Temperature outside that day was 60 degrees Fahrenheit and the characteristics of the surrounding area of where the sample was collected are a flower bush in between two concrete walk-ways |
| Naming Notes | The name comes from the southern saying "That's a load of hog wash" is a bunch of lies. |
| Sequencing Information |
| Sequencing Complete? | Yes |
| Date Sequencing Completed | Jan 16, 2026 |
| Sequencing Facility | Pittsburgh Bacteriophage Institute |
| Shotgun Sequencing Method | Illumina |
| Sequencer Used | Illumina NextSeq 1000 |
| Read Type | Single-end reads |
| Read Length | 100 bp |
| Approximate Shotgun Coverage | 132 |
| Genome length (bp) | 69092 |
| Character of genome ends | Circularly Permuted |
| GC Content | 66.4% |
| Fasta file available? | Yes: Download fasta file |
| Characterization |
| Cluster | B |
| Subcluster | B1 |
| Cluster Life Cycle | Lytic |
| Other Cluster Members |
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| Annotating Institution | Carthage College |
| Annotation Status | Being Annotated (Expected completion by 5/1/2026) |
| 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 |