Mycobacterium phage Virago
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| Detailed Information for Phage Virago | |
| Discovery Information | |
| Isolation Host | Mycobacterium smegmatis mc²155 |
| Found By | E. Livingston, B. Rose, Z. Harbison, W. Gicheru |
| Year Found | 2022 |
| Location Found | Longview, TX USA |
| Finding Institution | LeTourneau University |
| Program | Science Education Alliance-Phage Hunters Advancing Genomics and Evolutionary Science |
| From enriched soil sample? | Yes |
| Isolation Temperature | 37°C |
| GPS Coordinates | 32.466196 N, 94.728551 W Map |
| Discovery Notes | The soil sample was collected under a tree, near a patch of moss, at LeTourneau University in Longview, Texas, USA on August 23, 2022. This site was chosen because of the damp, moist conditions that would encourage the presence of bacterial growth in the soil. The soil was loose, dark, a mixture of clay and sand, and had worms and insects crawling through it. At the time of collection, the ambient temperature was 24°C and the weather was cloudy with a 20% chance of rain. The high for the day was 27°C while the low was 22°C. It had been raining for the past few days. |
| Naming Notes | Virago, a Latin-derived word that has been used to describe various women for centuries, has two main definitions. The first, is a violent or bad tempered woman. The second, is a female warrior, a heroic woman, or a female with strong masculine strength. Because both definitions of Virago illuminated an aspect of either our phage or our lab experience we chose to name our phage after this age-old term. |
| 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 | Plaques were relatively small with an average diameter of 1.77mm (range 1.3mm-2.1mm n=6). Plaques had smooth edges, were turbid, and were generally uniform across the plate. |
| Has been Phamerated? | No |
| Publication Info | |
| Uploaded to GenBank? | No |
| GenBank Accession | None yet |
| Refseq Number | None yet |
| Archiving Info | |
| Archiving status | Archived |
| SEA Lysate Titer | 1X10^10 pfu/mL |
| Pitt Freezer Box# | 150 |
| Pitt Freezer Box Grid# | E4 |
| Available Files | |
| EM Picture | Download |
