Mycobacterium phage Zanzibar
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| Detailed Information for Phage Zanzibar | |
| Discovery Information | |
| Isolation Host | Mycobacterium smegmatis mc²155 |
| Found By | Sabina Cabrera |
| Year Found | 2015 |
| Location Found | Pensacola, FL USA |
| Finding Institution | University of West Florida |
| Program | Science Education Alliance-Phage Hunters Advancing Genomics and Evolutionary Science |
| From enriched soil sample? | Yes |
| Isolation Temperature | Not entered |
| GPS Coordinates | Unavailable |
| Discovery Notes | Found in soil nearby the university community garden. Location was chosen out of curiosity; soil that is near the roots of different types of vegetables may produce phages that are different that ones found in regular soil in the middle of a field, for example. |
| Naming Notes | Initially named Phagémon because of the clever wordplay combo discovered when combining the word "Phage" and "Pokémon", which is the name of a creature in the Japanese cartoon series, "Pokémon". Much like the show, there are several types of phages as there as pokemon. Edit: Named changed to Zanzibar; name choice of partner for unknown reasons. |
| 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 | The morphology for Zanzibar is lytic and small. Plaques tend to cluster into larger-appearing plaque, which initially made the counting process difficult. Morphology remained consistent throughout isolation, dilution and purification. |
| Has been Phamerated? | No |
| Publication Info | |
| Uploaded to GenBank? | No |
| GenBank Accession | None yet |
| Refseq Number | None yet |
| Archiving Info | |
| Archiving status | Archived |
| SEA Lysate Titer | 1.8x10^9 |
| Date of SEA Lysate Titering | Oct 10, 2015 |
| Pitt Freezer Box# | 18 |
| Pitt Freezer Box Grid# | C8 |
| Available Files | |
| Restriction Digest Picture | Download |
| EM Picture | Download |
