Mycobacterium phage UrsaNoVA
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| Detailed Information for Phage UrsaNoVA | |
| Discovery Information | |
| Isolation Host | Mycobacterium smegmatis mc²155 |
| Found By | Sophia Milausnic |
| Year Found | 2025 |
| Location Found | Reston, VA United States |
| Finding Institution | Brown University |
| Program | Science Education Alliance-Phage Hunters Advancing Genomics and Evolutionary Science |
| From enriched soil sample? | No |
| Isolation Temperature | 26°C |
| GPS Coordinates | 38.917882 N, 77.357971 W Map |
| Discovery Notes | The soil was collected from a pot outside my house, which had been in my pond about 10+ years ago, but has since been sitting untreated. The soil was moderately moist. |
| Naming Notes | The phage was named "ursa" as in the Latin word for "bear," like Brown University's mascot, and "NoVA" as the abbreviation for "Northern Virginia," where the soil was collected from. |
| Sequencing Information | |
| Sequencing Complete? | No |
| Genome length (bp) | Unknown |
| Character of genome ends | Unknown |
| Fasta file available? | No |
| Characterization | |
| Cluster | B |
| Subcluster | B1 |
| Cluster Life Cycle | Lytic |
| Annotating Institution | Unknown or unassigned |
| Annotation Status | Not sequenced |
| Plaque Notes | Mostly clear plaques of varying sizes, with some very small plaques and a second size of larger plaques. Plaques were clumped and overlapping, often not separated. |
| 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 |