Mycobacterium phage Saatara
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| Detailed Information for Phage Saatara | |
| Discovery Information | |
| Isolation Host | Mycobacterium smegmatis mc²155 |
| Former names | Sa2tara |
| Found By | Saachi Mehra |
| Year Found | 2024 |
| Location Found | Rock HIll, SC United States |
| Finding Institution | Winthrop University |
| Program | Science Education Alliance-Phage Hunters Advancing Genomics and Evolutionary Science |
| From enriched soil sample? | Yes |
| Isolation Temperature | 37°C |
| GPS Coordinates | 34.937 N, 81.037 E Map |
| Discovery Notes | Sample collected by Saachi Mehra Data of collection 8-27-2024 Sample type Soil ( full of wood chips and bugs) Location Descriptor Near a tree's roots in Hardin Garden General Location WU, Rockhill, SC Specific Location 87°E 34°56' 14N 81° 1'51W Sample depth 2 inches Ambient Temperature 25°C; Hot and sunny afternoon 1:30pm |
| Naming Notes | Saa is taken from the first three letters in my name ( Saachi) and Tara means star. Sa is a music note in Hindustani classical, just like do in do re mi fa so la ti do. The additional a in Saa makes it a note sang for a longer amount of time. Tara in Hindi means Star which was the first impression I had of my phage. Thus, SaaTara means musical star but I preferred to call it the Star phage since the note Sa is the first and last note used in any Hindustani classical raag ( arrangement of musical notes) making it the star of Indian classical singing. So SaaTara can be called the Star Note phage or simply, the Star Phage. |
| Sequencing Information | |
| Sequencing Complete? | No |
| Sequencing Facility | Pittsburgh Bacteriophage Institute |
| Genome length (bp) | Unknown |
| Character of genome ends | Unknown |
| Fasta file available? | No |
| Characterization | |
| Cluster | Unclustered |
| Subcluster | -- |
| Lysogeny Notes | This phage was found to have 2 different morphologies, one big and one small. The small morphology was investigated on further and experiments were done using this phage. Macrobacterium phage SaaTara has a circular morphology and has a collected titer/highest tier of 1.33 x 10^10 pfu/ML. |
| Annotating Institution | Unknown or unassigned |
| Annotation Status | Not sequenced |
| Plaque Notes | This phage had 2 different morphologies, a big and a small one. Since it was more effective to work on the smaller morphology, it was used for further experimentation and research. This morphology appeared to be a very small circle. |
| 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 |
| SEA Lysate Titer | 1.33X10^10 |
| Available Files | |
| Plaque Picture | Download |
