Mycobacterium phage Vici
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| Detailed Information for Phage Vici | |
| Discovery Information | |
| Isolation Host | Mycobacterium smegmatis mc²155 |
| Found By | Logan Alley and Alexei Clark |
| 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 | 37.224498 N, 80.419571 W Map |
| Discovery Notes | This phage was found in a flower bed near the Pritchard Hall dormitory on the Virginia Tech campus. |
| Naming Notes | This phage was named after the Julius Caesar quote "Veni, vidi, vici," or "I came, I saw, I conquered." The translated name of "I conquered" is indicative of the phage exhibiting unexpectedly high lytic activity when producing large phage stocks. |
| 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 are transparent, and are approximately circular in shape. They appear roughly smooth in texture, without a significant degree of fluff. |
| 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 |
