| Discovery Information |
| Isolation Host | Microbacterium foliorum NRRL B-24224 |
| Found By | Gianna, Sam, Siddharth, Wilca |
| Year Found | 2023 |
| Location Found | Amherst, MA United States of America |
| Finding Institution | University of Massachusetts Amherst |
| Program | Science Education Alliance-Phage Hunters Advancing Genomics and Evolutionary Science |
| From enriched soil sample? | No |
| Isolation Temperature | 30°C |
| GPS Coordinates | 42.390379 N, 72.526007 W Map |
| Discovery Notes | This phage was found by the campus pond, in the middle of campus. It was found in the dirt around the pond. |
| Naming Notes | We couldn't figure out what name we wanted to name our phage, so we were stuck. We were looking at the rules and ruling out names we could and couldn't have. One of the members of our group's name is Wilca and we thought it would be best if we named it that so it is easy to remember. |
| Sequencing Information |
| Sequencing Complete? | Yes |
| Date Sequencing Completed | Sep 7, 2023 |
| Sequencing Facility | Pittsburgh Bacteriophage Institute |
| Shotgun Sequencing Method | Illumina Sequencing |
| Approximate Shotgun Coverage | 138 |
| Genome length (bp) | 62073 |
| Character of genome ends | Direct Terminal Repeat |
| Direct Terminal Repeat Length | 202 bp |
| GC Content | 67.2% |
| Fasta file available? | Yes: Download fasta file |
| Characterization |
| Cluster | EG |
| Subcluster | -- |
| Cluster Life Cycle | Lytic |
| Other Cluster Members |
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| Annotating Institution | University of Massachusetts Amherst |
| Annotation Status | Overdue (Expected completion by 3/7/2024) |
| Plaque Notes | The phage Wilca was observed to have a small and circular morphology with clear appearance, measuring 1 mm in size. Its plaque exhibited well-defined edges without any noticeable bullseye or halo formation. The phage formed another morphology, which was circular, small, with a bullseye. |
| Morphotype | Siphoviridae |
| Has been Phamerated? | Yes |
| Gene List |
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| Publication Info |
| Uploaded to GenBank? | No |
| GenBank Accession | None yet |
| Refseq Number | None yet |
| Archiving Info |
| Archiving status |
Archived |
| Pitt Freezer Box# |
182 |
| Pitt Freezer Box Grid# |
A3 |
