Mycobacterium phage MegTheThird
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| Detailed Information for Phage MegTheThird | |
| Discovery Information | |
| Isolation Host | Mycobacterium smegmatis mc²155 |
| Found By | Ciara Constantino and Charity Sheard |
| 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 | 47.66558 N, 117.4074 W Map |
| Discovery Notes | This phage was found in a wet soil sample collected from the Spokane river bank. |
| Naming Notes | We chose MegTheThird because it took three rounds of plaque purification, and this was the third sample we tried isolating. We were also listening to Megan Thee Stallion when brainstorming. |
| 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 | Our plaques were pretty big, clear, circular, and not that cloudy. They’re easily countable. |
| 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 |