Mycobacterium phage Beezy
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| Detailed Information for Phage Beezy | |
| Discovery Information | |
| Isolation Host | Mycobacterium smegmatis mc²155 |
| Found By | Arjuna Adams, Yangbin Lu |
| Year Found | 2023 |
| Location Found | Spokane, WA United States |
| Finding Institution | Gonzaga University |
| Program | Science Education Alliance-Phage Hunters Advancing Genomics and Evolutionary Science |
| From enriched soil sample? | Yes |
| Isolation Temperature | 22°C |
| GPS Coordinates | 47.667201 N, 117.401618 W Map |
| Discovery Notes | We discorved our phage in the soil nearby Crosby Student Center on the Gonzaga University campus. We used the dark soil from the flowerbeds outside of the building. |
| Naming Notes | We came up with the name Beezy from a nickname of one of the founders Yangbin Lu. For example "Yo what up Beezy." |
| 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 |
| Plaque Notes | The phage gave rise to large cloudy plaques spots. With an almost clear center of the plaque and gets cloudier as it moves out. Our phages showed a long tail and with visible tail fiber. Using our scale factor we can see that our phage tail is about 130nm long. The phage head's diameter is about 60 nm long. |
| Morphotype | Siphoviridae |
| 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 |