Mycobacterium phage MrWiggles
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| Detailed Information for Phage MrWiggles | |
| Discovery Information | |
| Isolation Host | Mycobacterium smegmatis mc²155 |
| Found By | Sophia Ortega & Gracie Jenkins |
| Year Found | 2024 |
| Location Found | Boulder, CO United States |
| Finding Institution | University of Colorado Boulder |
| Program | Science Education Alliance-Phage Hunters Advancing Genomics and Evolutionary Science |
| From enriched soil sample? | Yes |
| Isolation Temperature | 37°C |
| GPS Coordinates | 40.008888 N, 105.27 W Map |
| Discovery Notes | The collection site was a planter in a shady area directly outside of our lab building. The sample was collected on 09/10/24 at 10:20 am. |
| Naming Notes | We named it MrWiggles because it is a Siphoviridae phage and, therefore, has a lengthy tail. In the EM images, the tail often was somewhat wavy, like it was wiggling. |
| 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 | Plaques were 4mm in diameter and were temperate. MrWiggles primarily underwent the lysogenic cycle and only slightly underwent the lytic cycle. This is illustrated by the very thin halos that surround each lysed area. |
| 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 |
| SEA Lysate Titer | 4.1 x 10^9 |
| Available Files | |
| Plaque Picture | Download |
| EM Picture | Download |
