Mycobacterium phage Techna
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| Detailed Information for Phage Techna | |
| Discovery Information | |
| Isolation Host | Mycobacterium smegmatis mc²155 |
| Found By | Mahnoor Zahid |
| Year Found | 2025 |
| Location Found | Richmond, VA United States |
| Finding Institution | Virginia Commonwealth University |
| Program | Science Education Alliance-Phage Hunters Advancing Genomics and Evolutionary Science |
| From enriched soil sample? | Unknown |
| Isolation Temperature | 37°C |
| GPS Coordinates | 37.54606 N, 77.44959 W Map |
| Discovery Notes | VCU , Corner of Monroe Park during the morning, was attracted to the flowers and then noticed the amount of soil surrounding the area. A bit of a mulchy area, very damp, and had to dig a bit. Temp:73 degrees sunny |
| Naming Notes | Based off winx club fairy techna, guardian fairy of technology |
| Sequencing Information | |
| Sequencing Complete? | No |
| Genome length (bp) | Unknown |
| Character of genome ends | Unknown |
| Fasta file available? | No |
| Characterization | |
| Cluster | Unclustered |
| Subcluster | -- |
| Lysogeny Notes | Lysogen testing indicates Techna is presumed temperate. One lysogen demonstrated immunity to infection (superinfection immunity). Both lysogens showed release of phage at the highest concentration. |
| Annotating Institution | Unknown or unassigned |
| Annotation Status | Not sequenced |
| Plaque Notes | Turbid plaques (avg. ~3 mm) consistent with a temperate phage. |
| 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 |
| Available Files | |
| Plaque Picture | Download |
| EM Picture | Download |
