Mycobacterium phage NickPhury
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| Detailed Information for Phage NickPhury | |
| Discovery Information | |
| Isolation Host | Mycobacterium smegmatis mc²155 |
| Found By | Tanvi Ganti |
| Year Found | 2025 |
| Location Found | Richmond, VA United States |
| Finding Institution | Virginia Commonwealth University |
| Program | Science Education Alliance-Phage Hunters Advancing Genomics and Evolutionary Science |
| From enriched soil sample? | Yes |
| Isolation Temperature | 37°C |
| GPS Coordinates | 37.54683 N, 77.45095 W Map |
| Discovery Notes | - phage's soil was found in Monroe Park in Richmond, Virginia under a tree; tree was big and shady with lots of organic material sitting on the soil, such as leaves, insects, and an apple core |
| Naming Notes | - NickPhury is a play on the name of Marvel character Nick Fury, the head of S.H.I.E.L.D. |
| Sequencing Information | |
| Sequencing Complete? | No |
| Genome length (bp) | Unknown |
| Character of genome ends | Unknown |
| Fasta file available? | No |
| Characterization | |
| Cluster | Unclustered |
| Subcluster | -- |
| Lysogeny Notes | Lysogens didn't grow well. Observed phage release at two highest concentrations in phage release assay. Presumed temperate. |
| Annotating Institution | Unknown or unassigned |
| Annotation Status | Not sequenced |
| Plaque Notes | - phage is predicted to be a temperate/lysogenic phage because it produces cloudy, haloed plaques |
| 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 | 10^10 |
| Available Files | |
| Plaque Picture | Download |
| EM Picture | Download |
