Mycobacterium phage ItGirl
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| Detailed Information for Phage ItGirl | |
| Discovery Information | |
| Isolation Host | Mycobacterium smegmatis mc²155 |
| Found By | Kameron Cordova & Cassie Grant |
| Year Found | 2024 |
| Location Found | Boulder, CO United States |
| Finding Institution | University of Colorado Boulder |
| Program | Science Education Alliance-Phage Hunters Advancing Genomics and Evolutionary Science |
| From enriched soil sample? | Yes |
| Isolation Temperature | 37°C |
| GPS Coordinates | 40.00906 N, 105.26881 W Map |
| Discovery Notes | Discovered large cloudy plaques with a concentration of 1.4*10^9. |
| Naming Notes | The name "ItGirl" comes from a commonly known phase as it means having a magnetic presence that makes her highly admired and emulated. |
| 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 | We know it is a temperate phage because of the cloudy plaques produced, it can integrate its DNA into the host bacterium’s genome without immediately causing cell lysis. |
| 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 |
