| Detailed Information for Phage Gattaca |
| Discovery Information |
| Isolation Host | Mycobacterium smegmatis mc²155 |
| Found By | Dylan Katon & Jordan Drouin |
| Year Found | 2014 |
| Location Found | Machias, ME USA |
| Finding Institution | University of Maine, Machias |
| Program | Science Education Alliance-Phage Hunters Advancing Genomics and Evolutionary Science |
| From enriched soil sample? | No |
| Isolation Temperature | Not entered |
| GPS Coordinates | 44.555822 N, 67.863971 W Map |
| Discovery Notes | Found in a soil sample from Milbridge, ME. Soil collected from salty dog farm. Soil was collected from the remnants of a compost pile from 2013. The top layer of the compost was removed to expose the wet compost underneath. The sample was taken from this pile which had a dark brown color and an even consistency of fine soil. |
| Naming Notes | Phage named after the movie Gattaca. Plot of movie was about having perfect DNA and thus being listed as "valid". |
| Sequencing Information |
| Sequencing Complete? | Yes |
| Date Sequencing Completed | Jan 18, 2015 |
| Sequencing Facility | Pittsburgh Bacteriophage Institute |
| Shotgun Sequencing Method | Illumina Sequencing |
| Approximate Shotgun Coverage | 1647 |
| Genome length (bp) | 65237 |
| Character of genome ends | 3' Sticky Overhang |
| Overhang Length | 11 bases |
| Overhang Sequence | GCGCGCAGCGC |
| GC Content | 63.3% |
| Fasta file available? | Yes: Download fasta file |
| Characterization |
| Cluster | S |
| Subcluster | -- |
| Cluster Life Cycle | Lytic |
| Other Cluster Members |
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| Annotating Institution | University of Maine, Machias |
| Annotation Status | In GenBank |
| Plaque Notes | Phage created small 1mm plaques. Plaques were clear. |
| Morphotype | Siphoviridae |
| Has been Phamerated? | Yes |
| Gene List |
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| Publication Info |
| Uploaded to GenBank? | Yes |
| GenBank Accession | KX159477 |
| Refseq Number | None yet |
| Archiving Info |
| Archiving status |
Archived |
| Pitt Freezer Box# |
12 |
| Pitt Freezer Box Grid# |
F5 |
| Available Files |
| Restriction Digest Picture | Download |
| EM Picture | Download |