Mycobacterium phage Bacrosam
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| Detailed Information for Phage Bacrosam | |
| Discovery Information | |
| Isolation Host | Mycobacterium smegmatis mc²155 |
| Found By | Aine Cannon |
| Year Found | 2017 |
| Location Found | Blacksburg, VA USA |
| Finding Institution | Virginia Tech |
| Program | Science Education Alliance-Phage Hunters Advancing Genomics and Evolutionary Science |
| From enriched soil sample? | Unknown |
| Isolation Temperature | Not entered |
| GPS Coordinates | 37.2657 N, 80.6009 W Map |
| Discovery Notes | Found in the soil of a creek bank off of Spruce Run Rd. The creek fed into the NEW RIVER. I dug about 6cm deep to obtain this soil sample. The area was well shaded and frequently wet I assumed. |
| Naming Notes | My father passed away freshman year. He had a stroke the year prior and wanted to ride his bike across the country to raise money for stroke victims and brain injury awareness. He called this event Barney Across America - my phage name, Bacrosam, has Ba for barney, Acros for across, and Am for America. |
| 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 |
| Morphotype | Siphoviridae |
| 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# | 54 |
| Pitt Freezer Box Grid# | D4 |