Mycobacterium phage Whiskers
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| Detailed Information for Phage Whiskers | |
| Discovery Information | |
| Isolation Host | Mycobacterium smegmatis mc²155 |
| Found By | Naazneen Adam |
| Year Found | 2014 |
| Location Found | Durban, South Africa |
| Finding Institution | University of Kwazulu-Natal |
| Program | Mycobacterial Genetics Course, Durban, South Africa |
| From enriched soil sample? | Yes |
| Isolation Temperature | Not entered |
| GPS Coordinates | Unavailable |
| Discovery Notes | This phage was found at home in my backyard. We have an area in our backyard that has a whole filled with blood that has been drained out from sheep after they have been slaughtered, the hole is then covered. the covered hole has been there for a few months. soil was taken from 5cm below the top of the surface. The soil here was a very dark brown and was moist but not extremely wet. the lysate for whiskers has been purified to the third round. Whiskers can be seen as a myovirus with its short tail. Phage rasool was also taken from the same sample |
| Naming Notes | Whiskers is named after my cat, who was very dear to me and has recently passed on. this phage is named after him, as to thank him for the tremendous love and affection he showed me as well as giving me so much of happiness even though it was for a very short time. |
| Sequencing Information | |
| Sequencing Complete? | No |
| Genome length (bp) | Unknown |
| Character of genome ends | Unknown |
| Fasta file available? | No |
| Characterization | |
| Cluster | Unclustered |
| Subcluster | -- |
| Lysogeny Notes | Whiskers had grown on all of the lysogen plates that were used to test for immunity |
| Annotating Institution | Unknown or unassigned |
| Annotation Status | Not sequenced |
| Plaque Notes | The plaques seen on the agar surface were very tiny. They were no more than 2mm in diameter. They were completely clear, with no opaque areas. This was seen after incubation for 24 hours |
| Morphotype | Myoviridae |
| Has been Phamerated? | No |
| Publication Info | |
| Uploaded to GenBank? | No |
| GenBank Accession | None yet |
| Refseq Number | None yet |
| Archiving Info | |
| Archiving status | Archived |
| SEA Designator | Naazneen |
| SEA Lysate Titer | Whiskers |
| Date of SEA Lysate Titering | Oct 7, 2014 |