| Discovery Notes | The soil sample containing phage CindyLou was collected on January 23rd at 10:51 AM from beneath an evergreen tree next to the deck at Alexa's home in Springfield, Pennsylvania. The soil was recovered from a depth of 45.72 cm and was moist. The ambient humidity was 34%, and the weather was cold, dry, and mostly cloudy with 21 mph gusts of wind. The HTL titer was 6.8 x 10^9 pfu/ml. The DNA concentration was 419.2 ng/ul. Based on the electron micrograph, CindyLou's average capsid diameter was 68.6 nm, and the average tail length was 92.9 nm (n=3). A PCR test using C1-specific primers strongly amplified CindyLou's DNA, providing evidence that CindyLou may belong to the C1 cluster. |
