Mycobacterium phage Zime
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| Detailed Information for Phage Zime | |
| Discovery Information | |
| Isolation Host | Mycobacterium smegmatis mc²155 |
| Found By | Melany Garcia and Claire Kirk and Merna Kamal |
| Year Found | 2019 |
| Location Found | Northampton, MA United States |
| Finding Institution | Smith College |
| Program | Science Education Alliance-Phage Hunters Advancing Genomics and Evolutionary Science |
| From enriched soil sample? | Yes |
| Isolation Temperature | 37°C |
| GPS Coordinates | 42.5375 N, 72.983333 E Map |
| Discovery Notes | The temperature outside was 51 degrees Fahrenheit. It was a cloudy day. The soil was moist and acidic as a shrub grew out of it. |
| Naming Notes | This bacteriophage is named Zime, after a cartoon alien invader who invades earth. We suspect the phage is temperate, just like invader zim (the cartoon) is not a violent invader of earth. |
| Sequencing Information | |
| Sequencing Complete? | No |
| Sequencing Facility | Smith College |
| Shotgun Sequencing Method | Illumina |
| 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 vary in size from small, medium to large. The size of the plaques are all circular |
| 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 |
| Available Files | |
| Plaque Picture | Download |