Mycobacterium phage KikiBouba
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| Detailed Information for Phage KikiBouba | |
| Discovery Information | |
| Isolation Host | Mycobacterium smegmatis mc²155 |
| Found By | Angelica Chavaree-Woodward & Milani Assi |
| Year Found | 2025 |
| Location Found | Orono, ME United States of America |
| Finding Institution | University of Maine, Honors College |
| Program | Science Education Alliance-Phage Hunters Advancing Genomics and Evolutionary Science |
| From enriched soil sample? | Yes |
| Isolation Temperature | 30°C |
| GPS Coordinates | 44.897237 N, 61.66859 W Map |
| Discovery Notes | Soil sample obtained from nearby University greenhouse, in one of the outside flower beds. Soil is in constant direct sunlight and there was a drought/harsh heat conditions over the summer. Soil sample (Soil ID GH1) was dry, contained mulch. |
| Naming Notes | The name KikiBouba is a reference to the psychological phenomenon in which specific nonsense words tend to be associated to certain shapes (i.e. kiki: Sharp/spiky object, bouba: Round/blob-like object). We came up with this name after deciding we wanted to name our phage after something that resembled the plaques it formed. |
| 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 |
| 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 |