Mycobacterium phage LongBob
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| Detailed Information for Phage LongBob | |
| Discovery Information | |
| Isolation Host | Mycobacterium smegmatis mc²155 |
| Found By | Masum Wali and Lindsey Gibble |
| Year Found | 2025 |
| Location Found | Blacksburg, VA United States |
| Finding Institution | Virginia Tech |
| Program | Science Education Alliance-Phage Hunters Advancing Genomics and Evolutionary Science |
| From enriched soil sample? | Yes |
| Isolation Temperature | 37°C |
| GPS Coordinates | Unavailable |
| Discovery Notes | Found outside the store "Kibbles on Main" in Blacksburg, Virginia. The soil was directly in front of the store. It had a dry texture with some mulch pieces mixed in. The weather was sunny and 70 degrees Fahrenheit. |
| Naming Notes | When choosing our phage name, we searched online for synonyms for "long tail" due to our phage's extremely long tail. LongBob popped up as a synonym, and it stuck. |
| 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 | The plaques were small to medium in size. The plaques were mainly clear, but had a slight haze. |
| 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 |