Microbacterium phage Belial
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| Detailed Information for Phage Belial | |
| Discovery Information | |
| Isolation Host | Microbacterium foliorum NRRL B-24224 |
| Former names | Baal |
| Found By | Maxwell Moberg |
| Year Found | 2022 |
| Location Found | Ashland, VA United States |
| Finding Institution | Virginia Commonwealth University |
| Program | Science Education Alliance-Phage Hunters Advancing Genomics and Evolutionary Science |
| From enriched soil sample? | Yes |
| Isolation Temperature | 30°C |
| GPS Coordinates | 37.748889 N, 77.422778 W Map |
| Discovery Notes | Found on left side of back yard at the top of a forested hill. Physical Description of soil sample: Loamy, Damp and root matter Air Temperature: 65 deg. F Collection Date: 9/20/2022. Enriched |
| Naming Notes | Named after ancient Canaanite god of fertility but other spellings and interpretations see Baal or Bael as being a demon. Orgininally named it BL for back left (of house) but switched it to a demon name after how it’s plague morphology was asymmetrical and destructive even at low concentrations |
| 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 |
| 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# | 155 |
| Pitt Freezer Box Grid# | A8 |
| Available Files | |
| Plaque Picture | Download |
