Mycobacterium phage LePhoenix
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| Detailed Information for Phage LePhoenix | |
| Discovery Information | |
| Isolation Host | Mycobacterium smegmatis mc²155 |
| Found By | Kortland Casselberry |
| Year Found | 2014 |
| Location Found | Washington, DC USA |
| Finding Institution | Howard University |
| Program | Science Education Alliance-Phage Hunters Advancing Genomics and Evolutionary Science |
| From enriched soil sample? | Yes |
| Isolation Temperature | Not entered |
| GPS Coordinates | Unavailable |
| Discovery Notes | This phage was discovered using a plate that was about 80% lysed. This plate was named Q(2), because the phage was sampled from a plate named Q. Two plaques were sampled from that plate- one labeled Q(1) and another named Q(2). The results of Q(1) were a completely lysed plate. There was a small section of the plate that contained a collection of plaques with identical morphologies. |
| Naming Notes | A phoenix, in classical mythology, was a bird that lived for centuries within an Arabian desert. It would burn on a funeral pyre, only to arise from the ashes with renewed youth. In other aspects, a phoenix is a person or thing regarded as uniquely remarkable and having overcome many obstacles and adversity. Because the plates had been repeatedly subject to contamination and being lost, this phage discovery was nearly a miracle and a prime example of overcoming challenges. |
| 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 | The plaques were completely clear and formed almost perfect circles. |
| 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 |
| SEA Lysate Titer | N/A |
| Date of SEA Lysate Titering | Nov 20, 2014 |