Mycobacterium phage BallIsLife
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| Detailed Information for Phage BallIsLife | |
| Discovery Information | |
| Isolation Host | Mycobacterium smegmatis mc²155 |
| Found By | Anna-Maria Dagher and Iziah Cliche |
| Year Found | 2015 |
| Location Found | Orono, ME USA |
| Finding Institution | University of Maine, Honors College |
| Program | Science Education Alliance-Phage Hunters Advancing Genomics and Evolutionary Science |
| From enriched soil sample? | Yes |
| Isolation Temperature | Not entered |
| GPS Coordinates | 44.897194 N, 68.668589 W Map |
| Discovery Notes | The soil we sampled was taken from a plant bed just outside of a greenhouse near Hitchner Hall on the University of Maine campus on September 17, 2015. The plants were grown up and bush like so the soil was heavily shaded. The soil we took for enrichment was from about an inch deep. |
| Naming Notes | When we looked at our phage under the electron microscope we noticed that the shape of our phages head was very circular. We noticed it was much like a basketball and ball is life. |
| Sequencing Information | |
| Sequencing Complete? | No |
| Sequencing Facility | University of Pittsburgh Genomics and Proteomics Core Laboratories |
| 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 plaque morphology of our phage varies. When plating the plaques are clear with a turbid outer ring. The plaques also varied in size, this was noted during our titer. When the densities got lower the plaques noticeably got bigger. During our titer of the high titer lysate there appeared to be no plaques at first. After careful examination we had noticed that there was really small, turbid plaques in the agar. |
| 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# | 23 |
| Pitt Freezer Box Grid# | A2 |