| Detailed Information for Phage Marlia |
| Discovery Information |
| Isolation Host | Mycobacterium smegmatis mc²155 |
| Found By | Natalia Solis, Mary Rivas |
| Year Found | 2024 |
| Location Found | Hanover Park, IL United States |
| Finding Institution | Carthage College |
| Program | Science Education Alliance-Phage Hunters Advancing Genomics and Evolutionary Science |
| From enriched soil sample? | No |
| Isolation Temperature | 20°C |
| GPS Coordinates | 41.958185 N, 88.14896 W Map |
| Discovery Notes | They were found in a soil environment that was very rocky and plant-heavy. The soil was very moist, and I took the soil from about 2 inches deep. |
| Naming Notes | We combined our names (Natalia + Mary) and got Marlia. |
| Sequencing Information |
| Sequencing Complete? | Yes |
| Date Sequencing Completed | Jan 20, 2025 |
| Sequencing Facility | Pittsburgh Bacteriophage Institute |
| Shotgun Sequencing Method | Illumina |
| Approximate Shotgun Coverage | 3007 |
| Genome length (bp) | 68726 |
| Character of genome ends | Circularly Permuted |
| GC Content | 67.5% |
| Fasta file available? | Yes: Download fasta file |
| Characterization |
| Cluster | B |
| Subcluster | B3 |
| Cluster Life Cycle | Lytic |
| Other Cluster Members |
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| Annotating Institution | Carthage College |
| Annotation Status | Being Annotated (Expected completion by 5/1/2025) |
| Plaque Notes | The plaques are very small and lytic. |
| 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 |