Mycobacterium phage Bhala
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| Detailed Information for Phage Bhala | |
| Discovery Information | |
| Isolation Host | Mycobacterium smegmatis mc²155 |
| Found By | Unnati Soni |
| Year Found | 2016 |
| Location Found | Burlington, NJ USA |
| Finding Institution | University of the Sciences (now St. Joseph's Univ) |
| Program | Science Education Alliance-Phage Hunters Advancing Genomics and Evolutionary Science |
| From enriched soil sample? | No |
| Isolation Temperature | Not entered |
| GPS Coordinates | 40.044355 N, 74.859597 W Map |
| Discovery Notes | The soil sample was collected on August 25, 2016 at 1:00 pm, from a home garden in a suburban town. The temperature was 36.1 degrees Celsius, and the soil collected was dug out from about 6 cm below the ground. The soil sample was dry, but due to condensation and being kept in a plastic bag, small plants were found growing in the bag, and a dead worm was also found. This phage has undergone a lot of drama in its lifetime. In the lab, flooded plates got thrown out, contamination of the bacteria used ruined many plates, and another phage hopped into this phage's petri dish, but this phage still fought on and lived through all of that craziness. Today, it is a very strong and powerful phage, ready to contribute to science. |
| Naming Notes | This phage is named after the late grandfather of the phage's discoverer. Her grandfather encouraged her to seek an education and career in science and passed away while she was in the process of discovering her phage. To immortalize his encouragement and support, he will live on in PhagesDB forever, watching over her throughout her life. |
| 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 | This phage created very small, turbid plaques, indicating a temperate growth cycle. The phage was very difficult to isolate and took multiple tries just to get a single plaque. It was very difficult to obtain a webbed plate because of the small size of the plaques. |
| Morphotype | Siphoviridae |
| 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# | 34 |
| Pitt Freezer Box Grid# | D12 |
| Available Files | |
| Plaque Picture | Download |
| EM Picture | Download |