| Detailed Information for Phage IMpilo |
| Discovery Information |
| Isolation Host | Mycobacterium smegmatis mc²155 |
| Found By | Saskia Janssen |
| Year Found | 2023 |
| Location Found | Cape Town, South Africa |
| Finding Institution | TASK South Africa |
| Program | Science Education Alliance-Phage Hunters Advancing Genomics and Evolutionary Science |
| From enriched soil sample? | Yes |
| Isolation Temperature | 37°C |
| GPS Coordinates | 33.939239 S, 18.426587 E Map |
| Discovery Notes | Sample from vegetable garden including worm farm compost |
| Naming Notes | iMpilo means 'life'in Xhosa |
| Sequencing Information |
| Sequencing Complete? | Yes |
| Date Sequencing Completed | Jul 24, 2024 |
| Sequencing Facility | Pittsburgh Bacteriophage Institute |
| Shotgun Sequencing Method | Illumina Sequencing |
| Approximate Shotgun Coverage | 3291 |
| Genome length (bp) | 55933 |
| Character of genome ends | 3' Sticky Overhang |
| Overhang Length | 10 bases |
| Overhang Sequence | CGGAAGGCGC |
| GC Content | 61.8% |
| Fasta file available? | Yes: Download fasta file |
| Characterization |
| Cluster | F |
| Subcluster | F1 |
| Cluster Life Cycle | Temperate |
| Other Cluster Members |
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| Annotating Institution | TASK South Africa |
| Annotation Status | Being Annotated (Expected completion by 1/24/2025) |
| Morphotype | Siphoviridae |
| Number of Genes | 102 |
| Number of tRNAs | 0 |
| 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 |