Mycobacterium phage WYdent
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| Detailed Information for Phage WYdent | |
| Discovery Information | |
| Isolation Host | Mycobacterium smegmatis mc²155 |
| Found By | Lucas Kaufman |
| Year Found | 2013 |
| Location Found | Torrington, WY USA |
| Finding Institution | Chadron State College |
| Program | Science Education Alliance-Phage Hunters Advancing Genomics and Evolutionary Science |
| From enriched soil sample? | Yes |
| Isolation Temperature | Not entered |
| GPS Coordinates | 41.971403 N, 104.2303 W Map |
| Discovery Notes | WYdent was isolated from the topsoil of a corn field that is under pivot irrigation. The environment can be described as green with grasses, weeds, and corn plants. The corn plants shaded the topsoil providing a darkened moist environment. The sample was collected on a sunny day with a temperature of about 95 degrees Fahrenheit. |
| Naming Notes | The name for this phage came from the Wyoming dental program. The program exists because Wyoming does not have a dental school and as such the program gives contracted seats at the two Nebraska dental schools. It is a great program and this is an opportunity to put Wyoming on the map in the sense of mycobacteriophages. |
| Sequencing Information | |
| Sequencing Complete? | No |
| Sequencing Facility | Pittsburgh Bacteriophage Institute |
| 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 | WYdent had a plaque morphology that consisted of small, clear, round, and about 1mm in diameter. After three streaks, there were two morphologies consistent throughout indicating two morphologies being produced by a single phage. The second morphology was the same, but with a much smaller diameter of about 0.2mm. |
| 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 |