Mycobacterium phage Riscybusiness
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| Detailed Information for Phage Riscybusiness | |
| Discovery Information | |
| Isolation Host | Mycobacterium smegmatis mc²155 |
| Found By | Mackenzie Polgreen, Lily Gaskill |
| 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 | Unavailable |
| Discovery Notes | We chose to collect soil from the flower bed in the Goodwin Courtyard outside Rockwell Integrated Science Center. We took a sample from about 0.5 inches deep at an ambient temperature of 41°F. |
| Naming Notes | We found our sample from the RISC courtyard, so we chose to name our phage after "Risky Business", but change the K to a C in order to honor the building! |
| 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 | Temperate lysogenic with a slight halo. A little cloudy about 1.5mm in diameter. |
| 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 |