Microbacterium phage Asteria
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| Detailed Information for Phage Asteria | |
| Discovery Information | |
| Isolation Host | Microbacterium foliorum NRRL B-24224 |
| Found By | Catherine Siu |
| Year Found | 2018 |
| 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 | 39.33135 N, 76.619687 W Map |
| Discovery Notes | Phage soil sample taken from in front of Fresh Food Cafe dining hall at JHU Homewood campus. Soil was located near a path, and there was evidence of footsteps on it. The soil was black and slightly wet, almost to the texture of clay. The surrounding mini garden had some shrubbery. |
| Naming Notes | Asteria means star in Latin/Greek, but can also refer to the female Titan fo the nightime oracles and the stars. |
| 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 phage in crowded conditions/high concentration will form many small completely cleared and distinct circular plaques. However in low concentrations, the small diameter of clear plaque will be surrounded by a large turbid 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# | 86 |
| Pitt Freezer Box Grid# | C8 |
| Available Files | |
| Plaque Picture | Download |
| EM Picture | Download |