Mycobacterium phage Torpedo
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| Detailed Information for Phage Torpedo | |
| Discovery Information | |
| Isolation Host | Mycobacterium smegmatis mc²155 |
| Found By | Sinesio Zagnoli and Aisha Yunes |
| Year Found | 2023 |
| Location Found | Boulder, CO United States |
| Finding Institution | University of Colorado Boulder |
| Program | Science Education Alliance-Phage Hunters Advancing Genomics and Evolutionary Science |
| From enriched soil sample? | Yes |
| Isolation Temperature | 4°C |
| GPS Coordinates | 40.0095 N, 105.2685 W Map |
| Discovery Notes | Planting soil |
| Naming Notes | Been saving the name torpedo for a cat, though it was applicable to our phage |
| 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 plaque is clear with no halos (lytic), and the morphology is 1.5mm The tail length of 125.5 nm and a capsid size of 62.06 nm in the EM picture |
| Morphotype | Siphoviridae |
| Has been Phamerated? | No |
| Publication Info | |
| Uploaded to GenBank? | No |
| GenBank Accession | None yet |
| Refseq Number | None yet |
| Archiving Info | |
| Archiving status | Archived |
| Pitt Freezer Box# | 178 |
| Pitt Freezer Box Grid# | H2 |