Mycobacterium phage TripleKV
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| Detailed Information for Phage TripleKV | |
| Discovery Information | |
| Isolation Host | Mycobacterium smegmatis mc²155 |
| Found By | Varunika Davuluri and Kamal Chandrakar |
| Year Found | 2025 |
| Location Found | Blacksburg, VA United States |
| Finding Institution | Virginia Tech |
| Program | Science Education Alliance-Phage Hunters Advancing Genomics and Evolutionary Science |
| From enriched soil sample? | Yes |
| Isolation Temperature | 37°C |
| GPS Coordinates | 37.226556 N, 80.417972 W Map |
| Discovery Notes | The sample was collected from outside of Newman Hall under a tree. The area consisted of many fallen leaves and has local organisms such as ants present. |
| Naming Notes | We chose this name for our phage both because kilovolts are a unit of measuring electricity and because the first letters of our first names are 'K' and 'V'. The name is also a pun based on "AAA batteries", hence the electricity inspiration. |
| 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 plaques were turbid, well defined and medium sized. |
| 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 |
| Restriction Digest Picture | Download |
| EM Picture | Download |
