Mycobacterium phage PrinceOfZeila
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| Detailed Information for Phage PrinceOfZeila | |
| Discovery Information | |
| Isolation Host | Mycobacterium smegmatis mc²155 |
| Found By | Sakariye Abdi |
| Year Found | 2025 |
| Location Found | Vienna, VA United States |
| Finding Institution | George Mason University |
| Program | Science Education Alliance-Phage Hunters Advancing Genomics and Evolutionary Science |
| From enriched soil sample? | Yes |
| Isolation Temperature | 20°C |
| GPS Coordinates | 38.888281 N, 77.270283 W Map |
| Discovery Notes | PrinceOfZeila was isolated from a compost-enriched soil sample in Vienna, Virginia. The soil was collected after a recent rain. It was collected about 1 inch below the surface at 8:45 PM on the 7th of September, 2025. The conditions at the time of collection were a relative humidity of 44%. |
| Naming Notes | PrinceOfZeila is named after Ahmad ibn Ibrahim al-Ghazi, a Somali Imam and the de facto leader of the Sultanate of Adal. The title was erroneously bestowed upon him by the Portuguese. |
| 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 | PrinceOfZeila plaques were clear with sharp edges and no halo at 2 mm. This uniform morphology throughout all purification and amplification rounds points toward a clonal, obligately lytic phage, since a typical trait of the temperate phages is the formation of fuzzy or haloed 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 |