Mycobacterium phage OwlBear
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| Detailed Information for Phage OwlBear | |
| Discovery Information | |
| Isolation Host | Mycobacterium smegmatis mc²155 |
| Found By | Tara Whipkey and Lavender Layre |
| Year Found | 2023 |
| Location Found | Easton, PA United States |
| Finding Institution | Lafayette College |
| Program | Science Education Alliance-Phage Hunters Advancing Genomics and Evolutionary Science |
| From enriched soil sample? | Yes |
| Isolation Temperature | 37°C |
| GPS Coordinates | 40.69854 N, 75.21153 W Map |
| Discovery Notes | The sample was found in front of a residence building (Watson Hall) in a small patch of soil. The temperature was 35℉ and the sample was found 1 inch below surface. |
| Naming Notes | We both enjoy Dungeons and Dragons and met during picking the phage in lab so we decided to reference a monster in the game. And also because this phage has two morphologies that occur during different concentrations. |
| 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 | Morphology showed a cloudy appearance with a light halo surrounding them. The cloudiness likely indicated a temperate morphology being Lytic and Lysogenic cycle. Phage consistently showed different morphologies under different concentration despite being fully purified because halo is less obvious in more webbed plates and cloudiness varied. The plaques were generally a length of 1.2-1.3 millimeters. |
| 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 |
