Mycobacterium phage Chinwe
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| Detailed Information for Phage Chinwe | |
| Discovery Information | |
| Isolation Host | Mycobacterium smegmatis mc²155 |
| Found By | Nwerebuaku Mpi |
| Year Found | 2016 |
| Location Found | Washington DC, DC USA |
| Finding Institution | Howard University |
| Program | Science Education Alliance-Phage Hunters Advancing Genomics and Evolutionary Science |
| From enriched soil sample? | Unknown |
| Isolation Temperature | Not entered |
| GPS Coordinates | 38.92136 N, 77.01839 E Map |
| Discovery Notes | On September 13, 2016, a soil sample was collected in the bushes outside of the EE. Just Hall building. The latitude 38.92136 and the Longitude 77.01839. The depth the soil was collected in was 8.75, with the temperature of 28 ºC. |
| Naming Notes | Since I discovered this phage, i thought it was an awesome idea to name the phage after myself. Therefore, Chinwe (my middle name) it my phage's 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 | Chinwe plaque morphology is small. It took some time for the plaques to grow, hence why during most of my experiments, my agar plates had to be in the incubator for 48 hours. Chinwe's plaques are small and clear. |
| 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 | 1.6X10^7 pfu/ml |
| Pitt Freezer Box# | 48 |
| Pitt Freezer Box Grid# | A12 |
| Available Files | |
| Plaque Picture | Download |