Mycobacterium phage Spikeyspecs
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| Detailed Information for Phage Spikeyspecs | |
| Discovery Information | |
| Isolation Host | Mycobacterium smegmatis mc²155 |
| Found By | Natalie Yunt, Aline Gonzales |
| 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? | Unknown |
| Isolation Temperature | 22°C |
| GPS Coordinates | 47.66676 N, 117.4039 W Map |
| Discovery Notes | This sample was extracted near Hughes Hall on Gonzaga University's campus. The soil it was extracted from was moist, and had mushrooms growing nearby.This soil was sourced from an anthropogenic flower bed. This sample was extracted on January 15 of 2025, and the weather was cold. |
| Naming Notes | The name of our phage. "Spikeyspecs" stemmed from the name of Gonzaga University's mascot, "Spike the Bulldog" and was given the name "specs" as specs showed up in our plaque assay to indicate the presence of bacteriophage. |
| 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 |
| 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 |