| Detailed Information for Phage Phalaborwa | |
| Discovery Information | |
| Isolation Host | Mycobacterium smegmatis mc²155 | 
| Found By | Colin Lewis | 
| Year Found | 2024 | 
| Location Found | Phalaborwa, South Africa | 
| Finding Institution | University of Pittsburgh | 
| Program | Phage Hunters Integrating Research and Education | 
| From enriched soil sample? | Yes | 
| Isolation Temperature | 37°C | 
| GPS Coordinates | 23.891 S, 31.547167 E Map | 
| Discovery Notes | Soil collected from a dried up river bed in Kruger National Park. | 
| Naming Notes | Named after the city it was found in South Africa | 
| Sequencing Information | |
| Sequencing Complete? | Yes | 
| Date Sequencing Completed | Feb 12, 2025 | 
| Sequencing Facility | Pittsburgh Bacteriophage Institute | 
| Shotgun Sequencing Method | Illumina | 
| Sequencer Used | Illumina NextSeq 1000 | 
| Read Type | Single-end reads | 
| Read Length | 100 bp | 
| Approximate Shotgun Coverage | 3777 | 
| Genome length (bp) | 65100 | 
| Character of genome ends | Circularly Permuted | 
| GC Content | 59.7% | 
| Fasta file available? | Yes: Download fasta file | 
| Characterization | |
| Cluster | D | 
| Subcluster | D1 | 
| Cluster Life Cycle | Lytic | 
| Other Cluster Members | 
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| Annotating Institution | University of Pittsburgh | 
| Annotation Status | Being Annotated (Expected completion by 1/31/2026) | 
| Morphotype | Siphoviridae | 
| Number of Genes | 90 | 
| Number of tRNAs | 0 | 
| Number of tmRNAs | 0 | 
| Has been Phamerated? | Yes | 
| Gene List | 
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| Publication Info | |
| Uploaded to GenBank? | No | 
| GenBank Accession | None yet | 
| Refseq Number | None yet | 
| Archiving Info | |
| Archiving status | Not in Pitt Archives |