Mycobacterium phage Araneam
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| Detailed Information for Phage Araneam | |
| Discovery Information | |
| Isolation Host | Mycobacterium smegmatis mc²155 |
| Found By | Scott Buchanan |
| Year Found | 2013 |
| Location Found | Hartford, CT USA |
| Finding Institution | Trinity College |
| Program | Science Education Alliance-Phage Hunters Advancing Genomics and Evolutionary Science |
| From enriched soil sample? | Yes |
| Isolation Temperature | Not entered |
| GPS Coordinates | 41.746601 N, 72.691341 W Map |
| Discovery Notes | The soil sample was collected from the base of a tree in front of the art building. There is a lot of traffic through that area. I dug down three centimeters into the dark and moist soil to harvest the sample. |
| Naming Notes | I named it Aráneam, which is the Latin word for spider. I named it this because the phage demonstrated a remarkable ability to make web plates. |
| 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 plaques created by Aráneam are all cleared plaques. There are no bulls-eyes or halos. The plaques after 24 hours were 1.5 mm on average and after 48 hours, they were 2.5 mm on average. |
| 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# | 2 |
| Pitt Freezer Box Grid# | F1 |