| Detailed Information for Phage SuperheroCarly |
| Discovery Information |
| Isolation Host | Mycobacterium smegmatis mc²155 |
| Found By | Emma Steinhardt |
| Year Found | 2025 |
| Location Found | clovis, CA United States |
| Finding Institution | Northwestern College |
| Program | Science Education Alliance-Phage Hunters Advancing Genomics and Evolutionary Science |
| From enriched soil sample? | No |
| Isolation Temperature | 37°C |
| GPS Coordinates | 36.8252 N, 119.7029 W Map |
| Discovery Notes | I got my soil from my mother's raised bed with tomatoes |
| Naming Notes | I named this phage after my sister, Carly, who is fighting brain caner. |
| Sequencing Information |
| Sequencing Complete? | Yes |
| Date Sequencing Completed | Dec 18, 2025 |
| Sequencing Facility | Pittsburgh Bacteriophage Institute |
| Shotgun Sequencing Method | Illumina |
| Sequencer Used | Illumina NextSeq 1000 |
| Read Type | Single-end reads |
| Read Length | 100 bp |
| Approximate Shotgun Coverage | 577 |
| Genome length (bp) | 64540 |
| Character of genome ends | Circularly Permuted |
| GC Content | 59.6% |
| Fasta file available? | Yes: Download fasta file |
| Characterization |
| Cluster | D |
| Subcluster | D1 |
| Cluster Life Cycle | Lytic |
| Other Cluster Members |
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| Annotating Institution | Northwestern College |
| Annotation Status | Being Annotated (Expected completion by 5/1/2026) |
| Plaque Notes | My plaques were about 4 mm in diameter, circular, with turbid edges. |
| Number of Genes | 89 |
| 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 |
| Plaque Picture | Download |
