Mycobacterium phage PallasAthena
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| Detailed Information for Phage PallasAthena | |
| Discovery Information | |
| Isolation Host | Mycobacterium smegmatis mc²155 |
| Found By | Kayli Harris |
| Year Found | 2025 |
| Location Found | Washington, DC, DC United States |
| Finding Institution | Howard University |
| Program | Science Education Alliance-Phage Hunters Advancing Genomics and Evolutionary Science |
| From enriched soil sample? | Yes |
| Isolation Temperature | 37°C |
| GPS Coordinates | 38.92167 N, 77.018617 W Map |
| Discovery Notes | Discovered 2.5 inches deep in Soil, at the stairs between the Biology building and College of Pharmacy building under a tree with moist but cold soil. It was 73 degrees Fahrenheit, 22.7778 degrees Celsius when collected on September 9, 2025 at 2:40 pm. |
| Naming Notes | PallasAthena is named after Athena, the Greek Goddess of wisdom, defensive warcraft, and craftsmanship amongst other disciplines. Pallas represents a part of her name she added to honor a nymph accidentally killed in combat. Athena represents the pursuit of knowledge is a lifelong journey, and phage discovery is a part of human knowledge expansion. |
| 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 | Clear, likely lysogenic plaques 1 mm in diameter in initial direct plating assay. Named C2 in lab notebook. |
| 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 |