Mycobacterium phage Tessdabest
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| Detailed Information for Phage Tessdabest | |
| Discovery Information | |
| Isolation Host | Mycobacterium smegmatis mc²155 |
| Found By | Sean Stewart and Aspen Miller |
| Year Found | 2025 |
| Location Found | Boulder, CO United States of America |
| Finding Institution | University of Colorado Boulder |
| Program | Science Education Alliance-Phage Hunters Advancing Genomics and Evolutionary Science |
| From enriched soil sample? | Yes |
| Isolation Temperature | 29°C |
| GPS Coordinates | 40.0092 N, 105.254 W Map |
| Discovery Notes | Phage was isolated from a dirt sample taken from a tree-covered path just off of 30th St. and at the end of Springdale Ln. in Boulder, CO. The sample was collected at 2:14 on 9/9/25 |
| Naming Notes | The name Tessdabest is a tribute to our section's TA, Tess Brody, who was, in fact, the best. |
| 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 | Tessdabest makes small (~1mm), cloudy plaques. |
| 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 |