| Detailed Information for Phage Mwanjiwa |
| Discovery Information |
| Isolation Host | Mycobacterium smegmatis mc²155 |
| Found By | Alice Mwanjiwa Kanyerere |
| Year Found | 2025 |
| Location Found | Cape Town, South Africa |
| Finding Institution | TASK South Africa |
| Program | Unavailable |
| From enriched soil sample? | Yes |
| Isolation Temperature | 37°C |
| GPS Coordinates | 33.55 N, 18.25 W Map |
| Discovery Notes | It was discovered in the field sample soil from Agricultural Research Council , Stellenbosch, South Africa. |
| Naming Notes | Mwanjiwa is pronounce as "Moi" (French word for 'me', "Nji" (as in the last syllable for Kanji), "Wah" as in the first syllable for Wasabi.
Mwanjiwa is a tonga name from the Tonga tribe found in Nkhatabay, Malawi, which translates to "Loveness". |
| Sequencing Information |
| Sequencing Complete? | Yes |
| Date Sequencing Completed | Aug 11, 2025 |
| Sequencing Facility | Pittsburgh Bacteriophage Institute |
| Shotgun Sequencing Method | Illumina |
| Sequencer Used | Illumina NextSeq 1000 |
| Read Type | Single-end reads |
| Read Length | 100 bp |
| Approximate Shotgun Coverage | 2714 |
| Genome length (bp) | 58863 |
| Character of genome ends | 3' Sticky Overhang |
| Overhang Length | 10 bases |
| Overhang Sequence | CGGAAGGCGC |
| GC Content | 61.3% |
| Fasta file available? | Yes: Download fasta file |
| Characterization |
| Cluster | F |
| Subcluster | F1 |
| Cluster Life Cycle | Temperate |
| Other Cluster Members |
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| Annotating Institution | TASK South Africa |
| Annotation Status | Being Annotated (Expected completion by 2/11/2026) |
| Number of Genes | 107 |
| 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 |
| EM Picture | Download |