Mycobacterium phage SnacknAttack
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| Detailed Information for Phage SnacknAttack | |
| Discovery Information | |
| Isolation Host | Mycobacterium smegmatis mc²155 |
| Found By | Jimena Carreno, Colin Johnston, Max Merrifield |
| Year Found | 2025 |
| Location Found | Spokane, WA United States |
| Finding Institution | Gonzaga University |
| Program | Science Education Alliance-Phage Hunters Advancing Genomics and Evolutionary Science |
| From enriched soil sample? | Yes |
| Isolation Temperature | 21°C |
| GPS Coordinates | 47.667 N, 117.40297 W Map |
| Discovery Notes | The phage was found in cold soil collected from a garden in front of Hughes hall (HU). The dirt contained a variety of different plants, providing a diverse environment for microbial life. |
| Naming Notes | We chose the name, SnacknAttack, as a clever name for a phage to combine wordplay and scientific meaning. The name represents and hints the phage's behavior-attacking the host bacterium. |
| 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 | The phage has an average head length of 60 nm and an average tail length of 108.3 nm. |
| Morphotype | Siphoviridae |
| 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 | 6.6 x 10^9 |
| Available Files | |
| Plaque Picture | Download |
| EM Picture | Download |