Mycobacterium phage LambChop
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| Detailed Information for Phage LambChop | |
| Discovery Information | |
| Isolation Host | Mycobacterium smegmatis mc²155 |
| Found By | Mia Boucher, Sheena Lin |
| Year Found | 2024 |
| Location Found | Boulder, CO USA |
| 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 | 40.00274 N, 105.26407 W Map |
| Discovery Notes | Soil sample found by Kittredge West Hall (2400 Kittredge Loop Dr., Boulder, CO, USA) behind building by walking path in a grass patch. Sample was collected on January 23, 2024 at 1:03 pm. Temperature was 9 °C. |
| Naming Notes | The name for this phage was inspired by the slight similarities between the shape of a lamb chop (the food) and the shape of the bacteriophage. |
| 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 | Our plaques were small (around 1mm in diameter) and clear with no cloudy edges. From this, we derived that our phage was lytic. |
| 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 |
| EM Picture | Download |
