Mycobacterium phage Violac
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| Detailed Information for Phage Violac | |
| Discovery Information | |
| Isolation Host | Mycobacterium smegmatis mc²155 |
| Found By | Amber Vosloo |
| Year Found | 2024 |
| Location Found | Cape Town, South Africa |
| Finding Institution | TASK South Africa |
| Program | Science Education Alliance-Phage Hunters Advancing Genomics and Evolutionary Science |
| From enriched soil sample? | Yes |
| Isolation Temperature | Not entered |
| GPS Coordinates | 33.958114 S, 18.457455 E Map |
| Discovery Notes | The phage was found in a compost heap at the University of Cape Town. The soil was harvested approximately 10 cm from the surface. |
| Naming Notes | The student combined the words "violet" and "lilac"; their favourite colour is purple. |
| 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 clear. With higher confluency, the plaques had a diameter of less than 1 mm. As the phage plates became more diluted, the plaque diameter increased to approximately 4 mm, due to the presence of plaque halos. |
| 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 |