Mycobacterium phage Afterglow
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| Detailed Information for Phage Afterglow | |
| Discovery Information | |
| Isolation Host | Mycobacterium smegmatis mc²155 |
| Found By | Sarah Heberlig and Audra Frickey |
| Year Found | 2023 |
| Location Found | Easton, PA United States |
| Finding Institution | Lafayette College |
| Program | Science Education Alliance-Phage Hunters Advancing Genomics and Evolutionary Science |
| From enriched soil sample? | Yes |
| Isolation Temperature | 37°C |
| GPS Coordinates | 40.698056 N, 75.211667 W Map |
| Discovery Notes | Found on January 26th, 2023 in a flower bed outside Ramer Hall on Lafayette College campus, which is an area that receives very low traffic. The sample was taken from 5 cm below the surface on a day when the temperature was 0 degrees Celsius. |
| Naming Notes | We both love Taylor Swift and the album Lover, so we named our phage Afterglow. This was inspired by our phage that has a halo around it, which reminded us of a "glow". Also, the bridge to Afterglow is amazing. |
| 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 | Our phage produces plaques that are temperate and small, with a diameter of 1mm. They have a cloudier halo around them, which makes the diameter about 4mm. |
| 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 |
| Restriction Digest Picture | Download |