Mycobacterium phage Bellerophon
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| Detailed Information for Phage Bellerophon | |
| Discovery Information | |
| Isolation Host | Mycobacterium smegmatis mc²155 |
| Found By | Kaitlyn Nguyen and Trevor Preuss |
| Year Found | 2024 |
| Location Found | Boulder, CO United States |
| Finding Institution | University of Colorado Boulder |
| Program | Science Education Alliance-Phage Hunters Advancing Genomics and Evolutionary Science |
| From enriched soil sample? | Yes |
| Isolation Temperature | 7°C |
| GPS Coordinates | 40.0031 N, 105.2608 W Map |
| Discovery Notes | Soil sample collected near pond. |
| Naming Notes | The name "Bellerophon" comes the Greek myth of the slayer of the mythical beast Chimera, the namesake for potential target cells the bacteriophage has the potential to attack. |
| Sequencing Information | |
| Sequencing Complete? | No |
| Genome length (bp) | Unknown |
| Character of genome ends | Unknown |
| Fasta file available? | No |
| Characterization | |
| Cluster | A |
| Subcluster | -- |
| Cluster Life Cycle | Temperate |
| Annotating Institution | Unknown or unassigned |
| Annotation Status | Not sequenced |
| Plaque Notes | Bellerophon is a temperate mycobacteriophage of the siphoviridae species, with a head diameter of 67.21 nm and a tail length of 139.5 nm. |
| 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 |