Mycobacterium phage Lytor
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| Detailed Information for Phage Lytor | |
| Discovery Information | |
| Isolation Host | Mycobacterium smegmatis mc²155 |
| Found By | Maxine Julianne Torres, Rishi Gundawar |
| Year Found | 2025 |
| Location Found | Spokane, WA United States |
| Finding Institution | Gonzaga University |
| Program | Science Education Alliance-Phage Hunters Advancing Genomics and Evolutionary Science |
| From enriched soil sample? | Yes |
| Isolation Temperature | 22°C |
| GPS Coordinates | 47.666521 N, 117.40439 W Map |
| Discovery Notes | This soil sample was damp near the mushrooms and ivy that are present on Gonzaga University, very close to the riverbank of the Spokane River. |
| Naming Notes | Lytor, derived from the base word “lysis,” was chosen to maintain a simple nomenclature. |
| 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 | Across the surface of the plate, approximately three distinct plaques are visible. These plaques are small, circular areas of clearing, indicating the presence of phage infection and the subsequent lysis of M. smegmatis cells. The sizes of these plaques range from approximately 0.2 cm to 0.5 cm. |
| 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 |
| Available Files | |
| Plaque Picture | Download |
| EM Picture | Download |