Mycobacterium phage SlimShanky
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| Detailed Information for Phage SlimShanky | |
| Discovery Information | |
| Isolation Host | Mycobacterium smegmatis mc²155 |
| Former names | TheShank |
| Found By | Michael William Sielski |
| Year Found | 2013 |
| Location Found | Providence, RI USA |
| Finding Institution | Brown University |
| Program | Science Education Alliance-Phage Hunters Advancing Genomics and Evolutionary Science |
| From enriched soil sample? | Yes |
| Isolation Temperature | Not entered |
| GPS Coordinates | 41.828839 N, 71.403122 W Map |
| Discovery Notes | TheShank was discovered by walking out of the front door of the BioMed facility at Brown University, walking down the stairs, and digging in the first patch of dirt to the immediate left. |
| Naming Notes | The latter part of the name "SlimShanky" is derived from Dr. Peter Shank, one of the professors of Phage Hunters at Brown University. While researching phage himself, Dr. Shank obtained his phage by walking right outside his building and digging in the first patch of dirt he saw, the same technique used to obtain SlimShanky. |
| 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 | The plaques are slightly turbid, and showed consistent morphology through several rounds of purification. |
| 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 | 1.54x10^10 pfu/mL |
| Date of SEA Lysate Titering | Oct 16, 2013 |
| Pitt Freezer Box# | 4 |
| Pitt Freezer Box Grid# | E3 |