Mycobacterium phage Vortrix
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| Detailed Information for Phage Vortrix | |
| Discovery Information | |
| Isolation Host | Mycobacterium smegmatis mc²155 |
| Found By | Dr. Frederick N. Baliraine |
| Year Found | 2025 |
| Location Found | Longview, TX United States |
| 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 | 32.46458 N, 94.7272 W Map |
| Discovery Notes | The soil sample was collected from a from a patch of grass behind the Glaske Center for Engineering, Science, and Technology building at LeTourneau University at approximately 12:00 p.m. CST on September 11, 2025. The weather was bright and sunny with an ambient temperature of 32°C. The soil was lumpy and collected from a hole dug approximately 4 cm deep and 3 cm wide was dug. |
| Naming Notes | The first part of the name of our phage is "Vor" comes from the Latin word "vorare" meaning "to devour". The second half of the name comes stems from the difficulty we experienced while trying to determine the titer of our phage with webbed plates. Therefore, "trix" represent how our phage was tricky. |
| 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 | Vortrix produced small, clear, bulseye plaques that were approximately .655 mm in diameter on average (range 0.35-1 mm; n = 10). |
| 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 |