Microbacterium phage Benry
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Detailed Information for Phage Benry
Discovery Information
Isolation HostMicrobacterium foliorum NRRL B-24224
Found ByDaniel Pressman
Year Found2023
Location FoundCumberland, MD United States
Finding InstitutionAllegany College of Maryland
ProgramScience Education Alliance-Phage Hunters Advancing Genomics and Evolutionary Science
From enriched soil sample?Yes
Isolation Temperature25°C
GPS Coordinates39.65288 N, 78.72857 W Map
Discovery NotesThe phage was found outside of the room S21 microbiology lab in the science building on the ACM campus in Cumberland, Maryland
Naming NotesSimply thought it was unique
Sequencing Information
Sequencing Complete?Yes
Date Sequencing CompletedJan 16, 2024
Sequencing FacilityPittsburgh Bacteriophage Institute
Shotgun Sequencing MethodIllumina Sequencing
Approximate Shotgun Coverage1630
Genome length (bp)42387
Character of genome endsCircularly Permuted
GC Content66.1%
Fasta file available?Yes: Download fasta file
Characterization
ClusterEJ
Subcluster--
Cluster Life CycleUnknown
Other Cluster Members
Annotating InstitutionAllegany College of Maryland
Annotation StatusBeing Annotated (Expected completion by 5/17/2024)
Plaque NotesBenry had relatively small plaques with very distinct borders and almost no hazing around the edges. When the plates were high dilution, the plaques tended to be far apart rather than near each other
MorphotypeSiphoviridae
Has been Phamerated?Yes
Gene List
Publication Info
Uploaded to GenBank?No
GenBank AccessionNone yet
Refseq NumberNone yet
Archiving Info
Archiving status Archived
SEA Lysate Titer 7.9 x 10^9 pfu/ml
Pitt Freezer Box# 171
Pitt Freezer Box Grid# G6
Available Files
Plaque PictureDownload
Restriction Digest PictureDownload
EM PictureDownload