Mycobacterium phage LastTailbender
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| Detailed Information for Phage LastTailbender | |
| Discovery Information | |
| Isolation Host | Mycobacterium smegmatis mc²155 |
| Found By | Maya Cureton |
| Year Found | 2024 |
| Location Found | Richmond, VA United Sates |
| 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 | 37.544976 N, 77.454771 W Map |
| Discovery Notes | The soil from collection was very moist due to rain from the previous day, likely leading to phage discovery. |
| Naming Notes | The Last Tailbender is the resilient warrior of the Siphoviridae clan! My phage earned its name through an epic journey of discovery—surviving ten grueling serial dilutions, defying the odds to emerge as the novel phage that infects M. smegmatis mc2155. |
| 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 | Plaques are relatively homogenous. Webbed plate with 1 mm diameter |
| 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 | 1.6x10^8 |
| Available Files | |
| Plaque Picture | Download |
| EM Picture | Download |
