Mycobacterium phage Bertrand
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Detailed Information for Phage Bertrand
Discovery Information
Isolation HostMycobacterium smegmatis mc²155
Found ByWhitney Thong and Sneha Sangameswaran
Year Found2024
Location FoundSuperior, CO United States
Finding InstitutionUniversity of Colorado Boulder
ProgramScience Education Alliance-Phage Hunters Advancing Genomics and Evolutionary Science
From enriched soil sample?Yes
Isolation Temperature27°C
GPS Coordinates39.92286 N, 105.15491 W Map
Discovery NotesIt was taken from the front lawn of a house in Superior. The sample had some grass in it, and the soil was moist and clumped together. The titer for Bertrand is 8.1x10^9.
Naming NotesWe tried to name it "Bertram", but the name was already taken. Bertrand is a more sophisticated name.
Sequencing Information
Sequencing Complete?No
Genome length (bp)Unknown
Character of genome endsUnknown
Fasta file available?No
Characterization
ClusterUnclustered
Subcluster--
Annotating InstitutionUnknown or unassigned
Annotation StatusNot sequenced
Plaque NotesBertrand is a siphoviridae phage. The plaques are roughly 1 mm in diameter and are turbid indicating a temperate phage.
MorphotypeSiphoviridae
Has been Phamerated?No
Publication Info
Uploaded to GenBank?No
GenBank AccessionNone yet
Refseq NumberNone yet
Archiving Info
Archiving status Not in Pitt Archives
Available Files
Plaque PictureDownload
Restriction Digest PictureDownload
EM PictureDownload