| Detailed Information for Phage Mesmerelda |
| Discovery Information |
| Isolation Host | Mycobacterium smegmatis mc²155 |
| Found By | Phoenix Smith |
| Year Found | 2024 |
| Location Found | Williamsburg, VA United States |
| Finding Institution | College of William & Mary |
| Program | Science Education Alliance-Phage Hunters Advancing Genomics and Evolutionary Science |
| From enriched soil sample? | Yes |
| Isolation Temperature | 18°C |
| GPS Coordinates | 37.269972 N, 76.714611 W Map |
| Discovery Notes | Phage actually came from a bag of Lowe's garden soil brought from Lowe's hardware store, not from soil around Integrated Science Center, as the GPS coordinates suggest. The garden soil was moist. The phage was isolated from a microcosm. |
| Naming Notes | Mesmerelda - a combination of mesmerizing, to symbolize how fascinating and intriguing phages are and Esmerelda, because it is a beautiful name, deserving of something special and close to my heart. |
| Sequencing Information |
| Sequencing Complete? | Yes |
| Date Sequencing Completed | Jan 15, 2025 |
| Sequencing Facility | Pittsburgh Bacteriophage Institute |
| Shotgun Sequencing Method | Illumina |
| Approximate Shotgun Coverage | 5969 |
| Genome length (bp) | 68890 |
| Character of genome ends | Circularly Permuted |
| GC Content | 66.4% |
| Fasta file available? | Yes: Download fasta file |
| Characterization |
| Cluster | B |
| Subcluster | B1 |
| Cluster Life Cycle | Lytic |
| Other Cluster Members |
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| Annotating Institution | College of William & Mary |
| Annotation Status | Being Annotated (Expected completion by 5/1/2025) |
| Plaque Notes | Small, round, clear, no unique features. All plaques of one morphology. |
| Morphotype | Siphoviridae |
| Number of Genes | 103 |
| Number of tRNAs | 0 |
| Number of tmRNAs | 0 |
| Has been Phamerated? | Yes |
| Gene List |
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| 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 |
| Restriction Digest Picture | Download |
| EM Picture | Download |
