Mycobacterium phage Avril
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| Detailed Information for Phage Avril | |
| Discovery Information | |
| Isolation Host | Mycobacterium smegmatis mc²155 |
| Found By | Mercedes Navarro-O'hara and Paulina Castillo |
| Year Found | 2013 |
| Location Found | El Paso, TX USA |
| Finding Institution | University of Texas at El Paso |
| Program | Science Education Alliance-Phage Hunters Advancing Genomics and Evolutionary Science |
| From enriched soil sample? | Yes |
| Isolation Temperature | Not entered |
| GPS Coordinates | Unavailable |
| Discovery Notes | The soil sample was collected by Mercedes Navarro-O'hara near an irrigation ditch. There was a rotting tree surrounding the ditch with small saplings as well. Ms. Navarro-O'hara chose this location because as a child she would ride her bike by this location from time to time. |
| Naming Notes | Our phage had been complicated from day 1. It's morphology was changing; we noted through our course of working with it and therefore chose to name it Avril after the singer who composed the song "It's complicated." |
| 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 |
| 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 |