Mycobacterium phage LordVader
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| Detailed Information for Phage LordVader | |
| Discovery Information | |
| Isolation Host | Mycobacterium smegmatis mc²155 |
| Found By | Sofia Melo |
| Year Found | 2025 |
| Location Found | Ottawa, Canada |
| Finding Institution | University of Ottawa |
| Program | Science Education Alliance-Phage Hunters Advancing Genomics and Evolutionary Science |
| From enriched soil sample? | Yes |
| Isolation Temperature | Not entered |
| GPS Coordinates | Unavailable |
| Discovery Notes | Sample came from the woodchip topped soil of a shrub garden located in front of downtown Ottawa's Centretown police station. |
| Naming Notes | Started as Skywalker, since phages always look otherworldly to me, but there was a phase in my experiment where we thought my phage died after isolation. After various assays, it showed activity again and 'came back from the dead' in a way. Vader seems more fitting since Anakin Skywalker came back from the brink of death as Darth Vader. |
| 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 | Form slow growing, small, clear plaques. As dilution increases, plaques are more turbid and clear even slower. |
| 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 |