Mycobacterium phage Afterglow
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Detailed Information for Phage Afterglow | |
Discovery Information | |
Isolation Host | Mycobacterium smegmatis mc²155 |
Found By | Sarah Heberlig and Audra Frickey |
Year Found | 2023 |
Location Found | Easton, PA United States |
Finding Institution | Lafayette College |
Program | Science Education Alliance-Phage Hunters Advancing Genomics and Evolutionary Science |
From enriched soil sample? | Yes |
Isolation Temperature | 37°C |
GPS Coordinates | 40.698056 N, 75.211667 W Map |
Discovery Notes | Found on January 26th, 2023 in a flower bed outside Ramer Hall on Lafayette College campus, which is an area that receives very low traffic. The sample was taken from 5 cm below the surface on a day when the temperature was 0 degrees Celsius. |
Naming Notes | We both love Taylor Swift and the album Lover, so we named our phage Afterglow. This was inspired by our phage that has a halo around it, which reminded us of a "glow". Also, the bridge to Afterglow is amazing. |
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 | Our phage produces plaques that are temperate and small, with a diameter of 1mm. They have a cloudier halo around them, which makes the diameter about 4mm. |
Has been Phamerated? | No |
Publication Info | |
Uploaded to GenBank? | No |
GenBank Accession | None yet |
Refseq Number | None yet |
Archiving Info | |
Archiving status | Not in Pitt Archives |
Available Files | |
Plaque Picture | Download |
Restriction Digest Picture | Download |