Mycobacterium phage Benston
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| Detailed Information for Phage Benston | |
| Discovery Information | |
| Isolation Host | Mycobacterium smegmatis mc²155 |
| Found By | Victoria Hutchinson |
| Year Found | 2023 |
| Location Found | Easton, PA United States of America |
| Finding Institution | Lafayette College |
| Program | Science Education Alliance-Phage Hunters Advancing Genomics and Evolutionary Science |
| From enriched soil sample? | Yes |
| Isolation Temperature | 37°C |
| GPS Coordinates | 40.698889 N, 75.211667 E Map |
| Discovery Notes | Found approximately 5 cm under the top layer of mulch, about 2 meters from the front of Watson Hall dorm building. Location largely exposed to sun, not found under bushes, trees etc. |
| Naming Notes | Name is a combination of pet dogs - Aston and Bentley. |
| 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 | Lytic, two morphologies - large and small, larger plaque measured to be 2 mm. |
| 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 |
| Restriction Digest Picture | Download |
