Arthrobacter phage Malakai
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| Detailed Information for Phage Malakai | |
| Discovery Information | |
| Isolation Host | Arthrobacter globiformis B-2979 |
| Found By | Jazmin Rojas |
| Year Found | 2022 |
| Location Found | Lisle, IL United States |
| Finding Institution | Benedictine University |
| Program | Science Education Alliance-Phage Hunters Advancing Genomics and Evolutionary Science |
| From enriched soil sample? | No |
| Isolation Temperature | 22°C |
| GPS Coordinates | 41.778056 N, 88.098889 W Map |
| Discovery Notes | The soil I chose was from Lisle, Illinois here at Benedictine University. It was on the outskirts of the football field outside the gates. It was easily accessible and I used a clean spoon to dig it all out and get into it deeper since the top of the soil had a lot of small wood chips. I ended up having to get it twice because the first time I did not get enough soil, probably about ⅕ of a pound. It was dark brown with some small pieces of wood chips throughout the sample. I believe that since it was below wood chips and much deeper in the soil, I can find phage. |
| Naming Notes | The name Malakai came from my favorite TV series called “The Vampire Diaries”, where Malakai, or Kai, is an evil vampire with witch powers. |
| 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 Type 1 (circular edges, no fuzziness). Phage Malakai has a diameter of 1mm and a radius of 0.5 mm. Since the phage yields plaques consistently and isn't dormant for a period of time and it does not appear to be fuzzy and/or cloudy(hinting at a lysogenic phage), Malakai is a lytic phage. |
| 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 |
| Available Files | |
| Plaque Picture | Download |
| Restriction Digest Picture | Download |
