| Detailed Information for Phage Lunareta |
| Discovery Information |
| Isolation Host | Mycobacterium smegmatis mc²155 |
| Found By | Chloé Deflandre |
| Year Found | 2025 |
| Location Found | Chloé Deflandre, France |
| Program | Unavailable |
| From enriched soil sample? | Yes |
| Isolation Temperature | 37°C |
| GPS Coordinates | 43.640246 N, 3.876129 E Map |
| Discovery Notes | The Lunareta phage was isolated from a sample taken at the entrance to Lunaret zoo in Montpellier, France. |
| Naming Notes | The name Lunareta has been chosen as a tribute to the place where it was discovered, Lunaret zoo. |
| Sequencing Information |
| Sequencing Complete? | Yes |
| Date Sequencing Completed | Sep 3, 2025 |
| Shotgun Sequencing Method | Oxford Nanopore |
| Sequencer Used | Oxford Nanopore MinION |
| Read Length | 5168 bp |
| Approximate Shotgun Coverage | 79 |
| Genome length (bp) | 156431 |
| Character of genome ends | Circularly Permuted |
| GC Content | 64.7% |
| Sequencing Notes | possible CA deletion in 40% of reads at position 52922,52923 |
| Fasta file available? | Yes: Download fasta file |
| Characterization |
| Cluster | C |
| Subcluster | C1 |
| Cluster Life Cycle | Lytic |
| Other Cluster Members |
|
| Annotating Institution | University of Pittsburgh |
| Annotation Status | Being Annotated (Expected completion by 3/18/2026) |
| Plaque Notes | The plaque morphology show small and clear plaques of lysis. |
| Morphotype | Myoviridae |
| Number of Genes | 229 |
| Number of tRNAs | 33 |
| Number of tmRNAs | 1 |
| Has been Phamerated? | Yes |
| Gene List |
|
| Publication Info |
| Uploaded to GenBank? | No |
| GenBank Accession | None yet |
| Refseq Number | None yet |
| Archiving Info |
| Archiving status |
Not in Pitt Archives |
| Available Files |
| EM Picture | Download |
