Mycobacterium phage Mastodon
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| Detailed Information for Phage Mastodon | |
| Discovery Information | |
| Isolation Host | Mycobacterium smegmatis mc²155 |
| Found By | Matthew Switalski |
| Year Found | 2017 |
| Location Found | Wheaton, IL USA |
| Finding Institution | Hope College |
| Program | Science Education Alliance-Phage Hunters Advancing Genomics and Evolutionary Science |
| From enriched soil sample? | No |
| Isolation Temperature | 37°C |
| GPS Coordinates | Unavailable |
| Discovery Notes | Collected on 6/25/17, 57 degrees Fahrenheit at 9:00 AM, at a depth of 6 inches from the moderately moist soil of a vegetable garden bed. The soil was a dark brown, and of a fine grain. |
| Naming Notes | A mastodon fossil resides in the science building of Wheaton College. |
| 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 | Multiple sizes of small plaques, ranging from 0.25 mm to 1 mm in diameter. Solid, circular form. Plaques decrease in size as plaque density increases. Plaques grow at 42 degrees as well as 37. The time of incubation does not appear to affect the growth of plaques. |
| Has been Phamerated? | No |
| Publication Info | |
| Uploaded to GenBank? | No |
| GenBank Accession | None yet |
| Refseq Number | None yet |
| Archiving Info | |
| Archiving status | Archived |
| Pitt Freezer Box# | 50 |
| Pitt Freezer Box Grid# | D11 |
| Available Files | |
| Plaque Picture | Download |
| Restriction Digest Picture | Download |
