PhagesDB Blog

Updates, thoughts, comments, clarifications, serial commas, and more from the PhagesDB team. This is where we'll keep you up-to-date with the latest news and info related to the bacteriophage world.

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Debbie Jacobs-Sera
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Nov 16, 2012
To what extent do you think that the phages we have isolated on Mycobacterium smegmatis mc2 155 are reflective of the broader phage population?

In other words, during the process of phage discovery, enrichment, amplification, DNA extraction, and sending samples for …
Tags: QOTM, diversity, phage
Dan Russell
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Nov 7, 2012
So what's new with the new PhagesDB? The second in a two part series...

Up-to-date Databases


Before, the local BLAST database and the Phamerator information on PhagesDB needed to be manually updated, and often we were weeks or months behind in doing …
Dan Russell
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Oct 19, 2012

Geographical Distribution of Mycobacteriophages


There are now more than 280 phages with complete genome sequences, cluster assignments, AND valid GPS coordinates in our databases. These phages come from over 35 states and 4 continents. You can see these on our
Tags: QOTM, GPS
Dan Russell
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Oct 17, 2012
So what's new with the new PhagesDB? The first in a two part series...

Improved Phage and Cluster Lists


Instead of the Phage List and Cluster List being simply lists of names, they're now sortable/searchable tables that …
Dan Russell
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Oct 8, 2012
It's been nearly two and a half years since we at Pitt decided the number of isolated mycobacteriophages had reached a point where it was no longer desirable or even possible to use spreadsheets to store phage-related data, and thus …
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