| Detailed Information for Phage Nekros |
| Discovery Information |
| Isolation Host | Mycobacterium smegmatis mc²155 |
| Found By | Seth Tower |
| Year Found | 2024 |
| Location Found | Provo, UT United States |
| Finding Institution | Brigham Young University |
| Program | Science Education Alliance-Phage Hunters Advancing Genomics and Evolutionary Science |
| From enriched soil sample? | No |
| Isolation Temperature | 31°C |
| GPS Coordinates | 40.210539 N, 111.645459 W Map |
| Discovery Notes | Found in a local compost location. One mL was recovered. |
| Sequencing Information |
| Sequencing Complete? | Yes |
| Date Sequencing Completed | Feb 13, 2025 |
| Sequencing Facility | CD Genomics |
| Shotgun Sequencing Method | Illumina |
| Approximate Shotgun Coverage | 1828 |
| Genome length (bp) | 112378 |
| Character of genome ends | 3' Sticky Overhang |
| Overhang Length | 4 bases |
| Overhang Sequence | ATCC |
| GC Content | 61.3% |
| Fasta file available? | Yes: Download fasta file |
| Characterization |
| Cluster | J |
| Subcluster | -- |
| Cluster Life Cycle | Temperate |
| Other Cluster Members |
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| Annotating Institution | Brigham Young University |
| Annotation Status | Being Annotated (Expected completion by 5/1/2025) |
| Plaque Notes | Small plaques, about 2mm of diameter. |
| Morphotype | Siphoviridae |
| Number of Genes | 239 |
| Number of tRNAs | 2 |
| 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 |