Mycobacterium phage Phalaborwa
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Detailed Information for Phage Phalaborwa
Discovery Information
Isolation HostMycobacterium smegmatis mc²155
Found ByColin Lewis
Year Found2024
Location FoundPhalaborwa, South Africa
Finding InstitutionUniversity of Pittsburgh
ProgramPhage Hunters Integrating Research and Education
From enriched soil sample?Yes
Isolation Temperature37°C
GPS Coordinates23.891 S, 31.547167 E Map
Discovery NotesSoil collected from a dried up river bed in Kruger National Park.
Naming NotesNamed after the city it was found in South Africa
Sequencing Information
Sequencing Complete?Yes
Date Sequencing CompletedFeb 12, 2025
Sequencing FacilityPittsburgh Bacteriophage Institute
Shotgun Sequencing MethodIllumina
Approximate Shotgun Coverage3777
Genome length (bp)65100
Character of genome endsCircularly Permuted
GC Content59.7%
Fasta file available?Yes: Download fasta file
Characterization
ClusterD
SubclusterD1
Cluster Life CycleLytic
Other Cluster Members
Annotating InstitutionUniversity of Pittsburgh
Annotation StatusBeing Annotated (Expected completion by 5/1/2025)
MorphotypeSiphoviridae
Number of Genes90
Number of tRNAs0
Number of tmRNAs0
Has been Phamerated?Yes
Gene List
Publication Info
Uploaded to GenBank?No
GenBank AccessionNone yet
Refseq NumberNone yet
Archiving Info
Archiving status Not in Pitt Archives