Mycobacterium phage WhiteSquirrel
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| Detailed Information for Phage WhiteSquirrel | |
| Discovery Information | |
| Isolation Host | Mycobacterium smegmatis mc²155 |
| Found By | Hope Cassetty |
| Year Found | 2024 |
| Location Found | Bowling Green, KY United States |
| Finding Institution | Western Kentucky University |
| Program | Science Education Alliance-Phage Hunters Advancing Genomics and Evolutionary Science |
| From enriched soil sample? | Unknown |
| Isolation Temperature | 30°C |
| GPS Coordinates | 36.977612 N, 86.45934 W Map |
| Discovery Notes | The site is situated in a region that serves as a habitat for numerous native wildlife species. The proximity of diverse vegetation not only contributes to the ecological richness of the area but also influences soil composition and microbial diversity. This is a great indicator that a bacteriophage may be present in the organic materials here. |
| Naming Notes | Our campus is known to have a plentiful population of white squirrels. The day I collected the sample, from my back yard, I happened to spot a squirrel. |
| Sequencing Information | |
| Sequencing Complete? | No |
| Genome length (bp) | Unknown |
| Character of genome ends | Unknown |
| Fasta file available? | No |
| Characterization | |
| Cluster | Unclustered |
| Subcluster | -- |
| Lysogeny Notes | M. smeg cells with prophage integration are immune to reinfection by phage WhiteSquirrel. |
| Annotating Institution | Unknown or unassigned |
| Annotation Status | Not sequenced |
| Plaque Notes | Turbid plaques with an approximate diameter of 5mm. |
| 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 |
| SEA Lysate Titer | 3.5 x 10^8 |
| Available Files | |
| Plaque Picture | Download |
| Restriction Digest Picture | Download |
| EM Picture | Download |
