Mycobacterium phage Barako
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| Detailed Information for Phage Barako | |
| Discovery Information | |
| Isolation Host | Mycobacterium smegmatis mc²155 |
| Found By | Amal Dualeh |
| Year Found | 2018 |
| Location Found | Providence, RI USA |
| Finding Institution | Brown University |
| Program | Science Education Alliance-Phage Hunters Advancing Genomics and Evolutionary Science |
| From enriched soil sample? | Yes |
| Isolation Temperature | Not entered |
| GPS Coordinates | 41.8273 N, 71.4026 W Map |
| Discovery Notes | Found in front of Stuart Theater on Waterman Street, right patch of soil by sidewalk, left of bushes |
| Naming Notes | I adopted this phage from Adeline Schwartz after having my own unsuccessful attempts at finding a phage. The word 'Barako' in Somali roughly translates to 'blessing', because adopting this phage saved me from a lot of stress of having to continue searching for a phage to work on. |
| Sequencing Information | |
| Sequencing Complete? | No |
| Genome length (bp) | Unknown |
| Character of genome ends | Unknown |
| Fasta file available? | No |
| Characterization | |
| Cluster | B |
| Subcluster | B1 |
| Cluster Life Cycle | Lytic |
| Annotating Institution | Unknown or unassigned |
| Annotation Status | Not sequenced |
| Plaque Notes | Generally clear, initially slightly turbid plaques in first purification, but generally clear after second and third round. --> based on lysogen testing, phage is lytic (explains clear plaques) |
| 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 |