Mycobacterium phage Kosherbirkin
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| Detailed Information for Phage Kosherbirkin | |
| Discovery Information | |
| Isolation Host | Mycobacterium smegmatis mc²155 |
| Found By | Evan Margolin and Mia Phelps |
| Year Found | 2025 |
| 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 | 32°C |
| GPS Coordinates | 40.00902 N, 105.26808 W Map |
| Discovery Notes | Soil sample found near CU Boulder Folsom Field. There was heavy snow and a lot of roof runoff in the soil where we collected our sample. |
| Naming Notes | The inspiration came from Trisha Paytas, an online celebrity, looking for a baby name. She has famously been trying to sell a rainbow Birkin bag online. On one of her posts someone suggested the name Rain bow Birken Paytas as a baby name. Kosher came from the never ending want for a pickle. Therefore we put the two concepts together to make Kosherbirkin |
| Sequencing Information | |
| Sequencing Complete? | No |
| Genome length (bp) | Unknown |
| Character of genome ends | Unknown |
| Fasta file available? | No |
| Characterization | |
| Cluster | A |
| Subcluster | A1 |
| Cluster Life Cycle | Temperate |
| Annotating Institution | Unknown or unassigned |
| Annotation Status | Not sequenced |
| Plaque Notes | Clear isolated plaques suggest a lytic phage. The distinct plaques with similar shape and size, around 2.5mm in diameter, support the isolation of a single type of phage. |
| Morphotype | Siphoviridae |
| 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 |
| Restriction Digest Picture | Download |
| EM Picture | Download |
