Mycobacterium phage Otshepeng
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| Detailed Information for Phage Otshepeng | |
| Discovery Information | |
| Isolation Host | Mycobacterium smegmatis mc²155 |
| Found By | Kamogelo Mogapi |
| Year Found | 2024 |
| Location Found | Cape Town, South Africa |
| Finding Institution | TASK South Africa |
| Program | Science Education Alliance-Phage Hunters Advancing Genomics and Evolutionary Science |
| From enriched soil sample? | Yes |
| Isolation Temperature | Not entered |
| GPS Coordinates | 33.947841 S, 18.473076 E Map |
| Discovery Notes | Collected from a backyard garden. |
| Naming Notes | He came when I had very little hope of finding a phage, so I named him 'Otshepeng' after my brother, meaning trust in him. The name Originates from Setswana language and is pronounced Otsepeng/Otʃepeng or ɔtʃɛpɛŋ using the International Phonetic Alphabet(IPA) |
| 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 | Forms tiny clear 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 |
| Available Files | |
| Plaque Picture | Download |
