Mycobacterium phage LittleBites
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| Detailed Information for Phage LittleBites | |
| Discovery Information | |
| Isolation Host | Mycobacterium smegmatis mc²155 |
| Former names | MnMs |
| Found By | Rachel Weston |
| Year Found | 2025 |
| Location Found | Lisle, IL United States |
| Finding Institution | Hope College |
| Program | Science Education Alliance-Phage Hunters Advancing Genomics and Evolutionary Science |
| From enriched soil sample? | No |
| Isolation Temperature | 34°C |
| GPS Coordinates | 41.806929 N, 88.095547 W Map |
| Discovery Notes | The sample was collected 7 in below the surface. The soil was moist but not very wet. It was collected under a mulched area that had bushes. The soil collected was right next to persistent mushrooms that had been continuously growing for a couple of weeks. It was collected during the day on a sunny, hot day. |
| Sequencing Information | |
| Sequencing Complete? | No |
| Sequencing Facility | Hope College |
| 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 | This phage produces a clear circular shape, around 2-3mm in length. It also produced a cloudy oval shape that was anywhere from pinpoint to 1mm in length. In a 10 fold dilution series at 10^-8 the smaller plaques stop showing up. |
| 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 |