Mycobacterium phage ViraFusion
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| Detailed Information for Phage ViraFusion | |
| Discovery Information | |
| Isolation Host | Mycobacterium smegmatis mc²155 |
| Former names | BiggoMode |
| Found By | Tyler Saephanh and Valerie Perez |
| Year Found | 2024 |
| Location Found | Las Vegas, NV United States of America |
| Finding Institution | University of Nevada Las Vegas |
| Program | Science Education Alliance-Phage Hunters Advancing Genomics and Evolutionary Science |
| From enriched soil sample? | Yes |
| Isolation Temperature | 26°C |
| GPS Coordinates | 36.018333 N, 115.296111 W Map |
| Discovery Notes | The environmental dirt sample was collected from a garden in a residential backyard in early September 2024. The soil conditions were moist and the temperature that night was 87 degrees Fahrenheit with 23% humidity. The enrichment isolation incubation was incubated at 26 degrees Celsius. |
| Naming Notes | "ViraFusion" was the name my lab partner and I came up with. We thought it sounded cool. |
| Sequencing Information | |
| Sequencing Complete? | No |
| Genome length (bp) | Unknown |
| Character of genome ends | Unknown |
| Fasta file available? | No |
| Characterization | |
| Cluster | Unclustered |
| Subcluster | -- |
| Lysogeny Notes | Lytic |
| Annotating Institution | Unknown or unassigned |
| Annotation Status | Not sequenced |
| Plaque Notes | Lytic morphology with the diameter of the plaques ranging from 0.5-4 mm (millimeters). We are still conducting serial dilutions to isolate one phage population and have been "picking" the 3 mm plaque to isolate for the "pick-a-plaque" technique. |
| Morphotype | Myoviridae |
| 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 |
| SEA Lysate Titer | 1.79x10^10 pfu/mL |
| Available Files | |
| Plaque Picture | Download |
| Restriction Digest Picture | Download |
| EM Picture | Download |
