Mycobacterium phage Nibley
Nibley Plaque Picture
Nibley EM Picture
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Detailed Information for Phage Nibley
Discovery Information
Isolation HostMycobacterium smegmatis mc²155
Found ByMatthew Hatch
Year Found2025
Location FoundElk Ridge, UT United States of America
Finding InstitutionBrigham Young University
ProgramScience Education Alliance-Phage Hunters Advancing Genomics and Evolutionary Science
From enriched soil sample?No
Isolation Temperature26°C
GPS Coordinates40.02443 N, 111.69033 E Map
Discovery NotesNibley was isolated from a soil sample taken from a raised garden bed. The soil in the garden bed was enriched with cow manure.
Naming NotesThis phage was named after BYU scholar Hugh Nibley.
Sequencing Information
Sequencing Complete?Yes
Date Sequencing CompletedFeb 2, 2026
Sequencing FacilityCD Genomics
Shotgun Sequencing MethodIllumina
Sequencer UsedIllumina NovaSeq X Plus
Read TypePaired-end reads
Read Length150 bp
Approximate Shotgun Coverage1930
Genome length (bp)107794
Character of genome ends3' Sticky Overhang
Overhang Length4 bases
Overhang SequenceATCT
GC Content61.0%
Fasta file available?Yes: Download fasta file
Characterization
ClusterJ
Subcluster--
Cluster Life CycleTemperate
Other Cluster Members
Annotating InstitutionBrigham Young University
Annotation StatusBeing Annotated (Expected completion by 5/1/2026)
Plaque NotesPlaques were well defined and had an average diameter of 1.5 mm.
MorphotypeSiphoviridae
Has been Phamerated?No
Publication Info
Uploaded to GenBank?No
GenBank AccessionNone yet
Refseq NumberNone yet
Archiving Info
Archiving status Not in Pitt Archives