| Detailed Information for Phage Antares |
| Discovery Information |
| Isolation Host | Microbacterium foliorum NRRL B-24224 |
| Duplicates of this Phage | JakeFromFarm |
| Found By | Sumaiya Begum & Meghana Bindiganavale |
| Year Found | 2018 |
| Location Found | Philadelphia, PA USA |
| Finding Institution | Drexel University |
| Program | Science Education Alliance-Phage Hunters Advancing Genomics and Evolutionary Science |
| From enriched soil sample? | Yes |
| Isolation Temperature | 17°C |
| GPS Coordinates | 39.9566 N, 75.1899 W Map |
| Discovery Notes | The soil sample was dug approximately 12 hours after it had started raining. Therefore, the surrounding environment was moist and muddy. The collection site had no grass. Furthermore, the sample site contained many roots since it was a couple of feet away from trees. The soil sample was collected after digging 3.81 cm down. |
| Naming Notes | Antares is one of the top 20 most brightest stars visible in the night sky. Antares is a notable slow irregular variable star due to its dynamic periodicity with light emissions. Therefore, this phage was named Antares because it showed varying plaque sizes before multiple rounds of purification. |
| Sequencing Information |
| Sequencing Complete? | Yes |
| Date Sequencing Completed | Jan 29, 2019 |
| Sequencing Facility | Pittsburgh Bacteriophage Institute |
| Shotgun Sequencing Method | Illumina Sequencing |
| Approximate Shotgun Coverage | 57 |
| Genome length (bp) | 53362 |
| Character of genome ends | Circularly Permuted |
| GC Content | 68.9% |
| Fasta file available? | Yes: Download fasta file |
| Characterization |
| Cluster | EC |
| Subcluster | -- |
| Cluster Life Cycle | Lytic |
| Other Cluster Members |
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| Annotating Institution | Drexel University |
| Annotation Status | In GenBank |
| Plaque Notes | The clear plaques indicated that the phages were in the lytic cycle, and they had lysed all of the host bacteria. The smallest plaque had a diameter of 0.5 mm and the largest plaque had a diameter of 1.0 mm. The plaques were dispersed all around the plate. Additionally, the plaques were smooth around the edges. |
| Has been Phamerated? | Yes |
| Gene List |
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| Submitted Minimal DNA Master File | Download |
| Publication Info |
| Uploaded to GenBank? | Yes |
| GenBank Accession | MN444877 |
| Refseq Number | None yet |
| Archiving Info |
| Archiving status |
Archived |
| Pitt Freezer Box# |
81 |
| Pitt Freezer Box Grid# |
H3 |
| Available Files |
| Plaque Picture | Download |
| GenBank File for Phamerator | Download |
