Mycobacterium phage Thanatos
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| Detailed Information for Phage Thanatos | |
| Discovery Information | |
| Isolation Host | Mycobacterium smegmatis mc²155 |
| Found By | Johnathon Schiebel |
| 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 | 40.442467 N, 79.959264 W Map |
| Discovery Notes | The phage was found in soil between UPMC Presbyterian Hospital and De Soto in Oakland, PA. Was found near a tree on September 3, 2014 at 7:20pm. The weather was partly sunny and 80 degrees Fahrenheit. The soil is from about 3 inches deep and was moist and dark brown. There were other visible organisms such as ants and pill bugs. |
| Naming Notes | Thanatos was known to the ancient Greeks as a minor god of death. |
| 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 | Plaques formed on M. Smegmatis were very tiny and turbid in appearance. The plaques were circular and ranged in size from pinprick to 1mm in diameter. |
| 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# | 2 |
| Pitt Freezer Box Grid# | B2 |
| Available Files | |
| Plaque Picture | Download |
| Restriction Digest Picture | Download |
| EM Picture | Download |