Mycobacterium phage Balder
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| Detailed Information for Phage Balder | |
| Discovery Information | |
| Isolation Host | Mycobacterium smegmatis mc²155 |
| Found By | Brianna Kelley |
| Year Found | 2012 |
| Location Found | Birmingham, AL USA |
| Finding Institution | University of Alabama at Birmingham |
| 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 sample was from damp soil with small rocks and pebbles and lots of grass around. It was found by a trash can. |
| Naming Notes | The phage's name is Balder, after the Norse god of ease, happiness, and innocence. Balder was killed by the god Loki and thus began a time of hardship and the war of the gods. This phage worked very well and was easy until a certain point then caused stress and heartache when it became harder to titer. |
| Sequencing Information | |
| Sequencing Complete? | No |
| Sequencing Facility | Virginia Commonwealth University Nucleic Acids Research Facilities |
| Shotgun Sequencing Method | 454 Pyrosequencing |
| 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 plaques were rather large, ~3-4mm, with hazy edges. |
| 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 |
| SEA Lysate Titer | 2.0X10^10 |
| Date of SEA Lysate Titering | Oct 25, 2012 |
| Pitt Freezer Box# | 39 |
| Pitt Freezer Box Grid# | 4 |