| Detailed Information for Phage Rimu |
| Discovery Information |
| Isolation Host | Mycobacterium smegmatis mc²155 |
| Found By | Alina Gangji |
| Year Found | 2023 |
| Location Found | Detroit, MI United States |
| Finding Institution | University of Detroit Mercy |
| Program | Phage Hunters Integrating Research and Education |
| From enriched soil sample? | Yes |
| Isolation Temperature | 82°C |
| GPS Coordinates | 42.41476 N, 83.138390 W Map |
| Discovery Notes | Found on UDMERCY campus 2 inches deep in bark chips in front of the Jesus statue |
| Naming Notes | Combination of my parents' names |
| Sequencing Information |
| Sequencing Complete? | Yes |
| Date Sequencing Completed | Jan 11, 2024 |
| Sequencing Facility | Pittsburgh Bacteriophage Institute |
| Shotgun Sequencing Method | Illumina Sequencing |
| Approximate Shotgun Coverage | 189 |
| Genome length (bp) | 68556 |
| Character of genome ends | Circularly Permuted |
| GC Content | 66.4% |
| Sequencing Notes | The DNA sample that was sequenced for this phage showed some contamination with MrPhizzler (~20% of the reads), but we were able to separate the two due to different coverage levels in the areas of non-similarity. |
| Fasta file available? | Yes: Download fasta file |
| Characterization |
| Cluster | B |
| Subcluster | B1 |
| Cluster Life Cycle | Lytic |
| Other Cluster Members |
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| Annotating Institution | University of Detroit Mercy |
| Annotation Status | Overdue (Expected completion by 5/1/2024) |
| Plaque Notes | lytic, and very large |
| Morphotype | Siphoviridae |
| Number of Genes | 104 |
| 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 |
Archived |
| Pitt Freezer Box# |
188 |
| Pitt Freezer Box Grid# |
G6 |