Mycobacterium phage Abaris
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| Detailed Information for Phage Abaris | |
| Discovery Information | |
| Isolation Host | Mycobacterium smegmatis mc²155 |
| Found By | Albert Huang |
| Year Found | 2013 |
| Location Found | Baltimore, MD USA |
| Finding Institution | Johns Hopkins University |
| Program | Science Education Alliance-Phage Hunters Advancing Genomics and Evolutionary Science |
| From enriched soil sample? | Unknown |
| Isolation Temperature | Not entered |
| GPS Coordinates | Unavailable |
| Discovery Notes | Used top soil shaded under trees close to a paved path in a small walking park on the Homewood Campus of Johns Hopkins University. Likely often traversed by people and potentially by dogs. |
| Naming Notes | Abaris the Hyperborean was said to have traveled around the world on an arrow in legend. The bulls-eye like appearance of the phage plaque inspired this name. Abaris was also classified as a "Thracian physician", which this author thought apt due to the potential clinical prospects of phages in general. |
| 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 | Bulls-eye conformation Clearer inner core or ring Cloudier outer ring Inner ring is partially concentric with outer ring |
| Has been Phamerated? | No |
| Publication Info | |
| Uploaded to GenBank? | No |
| GenBank Accession | None yet |
| Refseq Number | None yet |
| Archiving Info | |
| Archiving status | Archived |
| Pitt Freezer Box# | 13 |
| Pitt Freezer Box Grid# | D2 |