| Detailed Information for Phage Sandaddy |
| Discovery Information |
| Isolation Host | Mycobacterium smegmatis mc²155 |
| Former names | Sandberg |
| Found By | Jayden Longhurst |
| Year Found | 2023 |
| Location Found | Provo, UT United States |
| Finding Institution | Brigham Young University |
| Program | Science Education Alliance-Phage Hunters Advancing Genomics and Evolutionary Science |
| From enriched soil sample? | Yes |
| Isolation Temperature | 14°C |
| GPS Coordinates | 40.27669 N, 111.645 W Map |
| Discovery Notes | Definitely is a lysogenic phage. |
| Naming Notes | Named after the family who allowed me to take a soil sample from their garden to find this phage. |
| Sequencing Information |
| Sequencing Complete? | Yes |
| Date Sequencing Completed | Apr 24, 2024 |
| Sequencing Facility | CD Genomics |
| Shotgun Sequencing Method | Illumina Sequencing |
| Approximate Shotgun Coverage | 3863 |
| Genome length (bp) | 51931 |
| Character of genome ends | 3' Sticky Overhang |
| Overhang Length | 10 bases |
| Overhang Sequence | CGGATGGTAA |
| GC Content | 63.6% |
| Fasta file available? | Yes: Download fasta file |
| Characterization |
| Cluster | A |
| Subcluster | A1 |
| Cluster Life Cycle | Temperate |
| Other Cluster Members |
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| Annotating Institution | Brigham Young University |
| Annotation Status | Overdue (Expected completion by 10/24/2024) |
| Plaque Notes | Plaques grow much larger the less crowded they are. I have seen them be tiny almost pinpricks on a relatively concentrated dilution plate and then grow larger as the dilution falls and plaques grow less plentiful. I have seen then get to around roughly 2 cm in diameter. |
| 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 |
| Available Files |
| EM Picture | Download |