Mycobacterium phage Payta
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| Detailed Information for Phage Payta | |
| Discovery Information | |
| Isolation Host | Mycobacterium smegmatis mc²155 |
| Former names | Keyton |
| Found By | Peyton Myser and Katya Strickland |
| Year Found | 2025 |
| Location Found | Spokane, WA United States |
| Finding Institution | Gonzaga University |
| Program | Science Education Alliance-Phage Hunters Advancing Genomics and Evolutionary Science |
| From enriched soil sample? | Yes |
| Isolation Temperature | 25°C |
| GPS Coordinates | 47.66668 N, 117.40591 W Map |
| Discovery Notes | We sourced our phage in late August on Gonzaga University's campus. There's a trail along Lake Arthur that we slightly veered off. We grabbed a sample from under a rock about 2 feet from the water level of the lake. It was a wet, slightly muddy, organic, inclined and shaded area. |
| Naming Notes | We combined our first names to create our phage name. |
| 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 | Temperate phage, very hazy and slightly turbid with small plaques. Size averaged between 1-7 mm in diameter. |
| Morphotype | Siphoviridae |
| 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 |
| Restriction Digest Picture | Download |
| EM Picture | Download |
