Mycobacterium phage Kurkurage
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| Detailed Information for Phage Kurkurage | |
| Discovery Information | |
| Isolation Host | Mycobacterium smegmatis mc²155 |
| Found By | Bhavya Kandi and Vaishnavi Madagiri |
| Year Found | 2024 |
| Location Found | Richmond, VA USA |
| Finding Institution | Virginia Commonwealth University |
| Program | Science Education Alliance-Phage Hunters Advancing Genomics and Evolutionary Science |
| From enriched soil sample? | Yes |
| Isolation Temperature | 37°C |
| GPS Coordinates | 37.54477 N, 77.45408 W Map |
| Discovery Notes | It was morning 10:59 AM. There was plenty of sun and was partly cloudy, not that humid, and warm with a temperature of 73 degrees fahrenheit. Collection sample taken from the outside between the entrance of trainee Life science building and the VCU tennis court walking path. There was a tree with grass and It was dug through the mulch layer and soil close to the root was collected in a plastic bag. |
| Naming Notes | The name of our phage originated from our favorite Indian snack Kurkure. We combined the word phage and kurkure to explicate the name Kurkurage. |
| 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 | They all are consistent some vary in size but most phages are 2.5mm. They are all clear throughout. Many are scattered around the plate with some distance between each other. |
| 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 |
| SEA Lysate Titer | 4.7 x 10^11 |
| Available Files | |
| Plaque Picture | Download |
| EM Picture | Download |
