Mycobacterium phage Lilliputian
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| Detailed Information for Phage Lilliputian | |
| Discovery Information | |
| Isolation Host | Mycobacterium smegmatis mc²155 |
| Found By | Katherine Milliken |
| Year Found | 2014 |
| Location Found | Pittsburgh, PA USA |
| Finding Institution | University of Pittsburgh |
| Program | Science Education Alliance-Phage Hunters Advancing Genomics and Evolutionary Science |
| From enriched soil sample? | No |
| Isolation Temperature | Not entered |
| GPS Coordinates | 40.446788 N, 79.953814 W Map |
| Discovery Notes | The weather was cloudy, approx. 80 degrees and there was 60% humidity. It had recently rained and the soil was rocky and somewhat moist. |
| Naming Notes | The plaques themselves are extremely turbid and approximately 1 mm in diameter. I chose the name Lilliputian after the famous humanoid species from the Jonathon Swift story. |
| 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 plaque appears to have one morphology, however plaques picked from the same plate appear to show signs of mutation, wherein the plaques are still about 1 mm in diameter but are clear with halos. After further purification, no mutation present: the halos were a result of contamination |
| 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 | 1.06*10^10 |
| Date of SEA Lysate Titering | Oct 7, 2014 |
| Pitt Freezer Box# | 1 |
| Pitt Freezer Box Grid# | F7 |
| Available Files | |
| Plaque Picture | Download |
| Restriction Digest Picture | Download |
| EM Picture | Download |
