Mycobacterium phage Azrael14
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| Detailed Information for Phage Azrael14 | |
| Discovery Information | |
| Isolation Host | Mycobacterium smegmatis mc²155 |
| Found By | Jeaneen Venkatas |
| Year Found | 2016 |
| Location Found | Durban, South Africa |
| Finding Institution | University of Kwazulu-Natal |
| Program | Mycobacterial Genetics Course, Durban, South Africa |
| From enriched soil sample? | Yes |
| Isolation Temperature | 37°C |
| GPS Coordinates | 29.802481 S, 30.970098 E Map |
| Discovery Notes | The soil sample was taken from a flower plant which contained the herbs 'Thyme' outside of 9 Denver Place, in Durban. The soil was soft and black in colour and contained fine particles of debris. |
| Naming Notes | Phage Azrael was named after a fictional character from batman. When batman was crippled by a supervillian Azrael was trained to be the new hero of Gotham. The name seemed approprite as traditional antibiotics "batman" are no long as effectient at treating TB therefore we need to look at alternate more efficient methods. |
| 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 |
| Available Files | |
| Plaque Picture | Download |
| EM Picture | Download |