Mycobacterium phage Cats
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| Detailed Information for Phage Cats | |
| Discovery Information | |
| Isolation Host | Mycobacterium smegmatis mc²155 |
| Found By | Alexis Byrne, Tatum Cheney, Ciara Boisvert |
| Year Found | 2021 |
| Location Found | North Andover, MA United States |
| Finding Institution | Merrimack College |
| Program | Science Education Alliance-Phage Hunters Advancing Genomics and Evolutionary Science |
| From enriched soil sample? | Yes |
| Isolation Temperature | 37°C |
| GPS Coordinates | 42.668889 N, 71.12 W Map |
| Discovery Notes | The sample was collected on Merrimack colleges campus near the academic building, Mendel. The condition of the soil was a little dry, with some hints of wet soil, but more dry than wet. The soil was also very grainy. |
| Naming Notes | We named our phage Cats, because of the beginning letters of our names. We also each have cats, so we thought it was a good name! |
| 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 was given to us by our professor, AR13. The plaques were very clear, with larger cloudy patches around them, looking like little fried eggs. Although there were some phage in the plate that were just clear and had no cloudy patches. |
| Has been Phamerated? | No |
| Publication Info | |
| Uploaded to GenBank? | No |
| GenBank Accession | None yet |
| Refseq Number | None yet |
| Archiving Info | |
| Archiving status | Archived |
| Pitt Freezer Box# | 137 |
| Pitt Freezer Box Grid# | B8 |