Mycobacterium phage Ascension
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| Detailed Information for Phage Ascension | |
| Discovery Information | |
| Isolation Host | Mycobacterium smegmatis mc²155 |
| Found By | Brennan Miller |
| Year Found | 2024 |
| Location Found | Holland, MI United states |
| Finding Institution | Hope College |
| Program | Science Education Alliance-Phage Hunters Advancing Genomics and Evolutionary Science |
| From enriched soil sample? | Unknown |
| Isolation Temperature | 24°C |
| GPS Coordinates | Unavailable |
| Discovery Notes | This sample was collected from a compost at 8:15am after the soil was turned over and mixed up. It was about 24 degrees Celsius when it was collected. |
| Naming Notes | The word "ascension" is a powerful word. The definition being "the act of rising to an important position or a higher level" makes someone or something feel powerful when it is associated with the word. Naming this phage Ascension gives people the sense that it will rise to an important position and it could be used at a higher level someday. |
| 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 | This phage produces small, clear plaques with a bit of turbidity around the edges. |
| 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 |