Mycobacterium phage Asterius
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| Detailed Information for Phage Asterius | |
| Discovery Information | |
| Isolation Host | Mycobacterium smegmatis mc²155 |
| Found By | Tobias Shaw |
| Year Found | 2023 |
| Location Found | Columbus, OH United States |
| Finding Institution | Hope College |
| Program | Science Education Alliance-Phage Hunters Advancing Genomics and Evolutionary Science |
| From enriched soil sample? | Yes |
| Isolation Temperature | 34°C |
| GPS Coordinates | 40.106305 N, 83.046264 W Map |
| Discovery Notes | Collected from soil underneath tomato plant roots in my backyard. |
| Naming Notes | Asterius is the Minotaur of the Labyrinth in Greek mythology. He's quite an interesting character, and I thought that he should be represented in the phage database. |
| 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 | After 48 hours at 34 degrees Celcius, Asterius plaques show two distinct morphologies: one larger comet tail plaque type with a clear center and then increasingly turbid ring/tail, and a smaller pinprick plaque type with a clear center and turbid ring. The larger plaques have a diameter of about 1.5mm, and the smaller pinpricks have a diameter of about 0.3-0.5mm. |
| 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 |