Mycobacterium phage Bellerophon
Bellerophon Plaque Picture
Bellerophon EM Picture
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Detailed Information for Phage Bellerophon
Discovery Information
Isolation HostMycobacterium smegmatis mc²155
Found ByKaitlyn Nguyen and Trevor Preuss
Year Found2024
Location FoundBoulder, CO United States
Finding InstitutionUniversity of Colorado Boulder
ProgramScience Education Alliance-Phage Hunters Advancing Genomics and Evolutionary Science
From enriched soil sample?Yes
Isolation Temperature7°C
GPS Coordinates40.0031 N, 105.2608 W Map
Discovery NotesSoil sample collected near pond.
Naming NotesThe name "Bellerophon" comes the Greek myth of the slayer of the mythical beast Chimera, the namesake for potential target cells the bacteriophage has the potential to attack.
Sequencing Information
Sequencing Complete?No
Genome length (bp)Unknown
Character of genome endsUnknown
Fasta file available?No
Characterization
ClusterA
Subcluster--
Cluster Life CycleTemperate
Annotating InstitutionUnknown or unassigned
Annotation StatusNot sequenced
Plaque NotesBellerophon is a temperate mycobacteriophage of the siphoviridae species, with a head diameter of 67.21 nm and a tail length of 139.5 nm.
MorphotypeSiphoviridae
Has been Phamerated?No
Publication Info
Uploaded to GenBank?No
GenBank AccessionNone yet
Refseq NumberNone yet
Archiving Info
Archiving status Not in Pitt Archives
Available Files
Restriction Digest PictureDownload