Mycobacterium phage BigMamaLlama
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| Detailed Information for Phage BigMamaLlama | |
| Discovery Information | |
| Isolation Host | Mycobacterium smegmatis mc²155 |
| Found By | William Pang |
| Year Found | 2014 |
| Location Found | Sheffield, MA USA |
| Finding Institution | Berkshire School |
| Program | Science Education Alliance-Phage Hunters Advancing Genomics and Evolutionary Science |
| From enriched soil sample? | No |
| Isolation Temperature | Not entered |
| GPS Coordinates | 42.154031 N, 73.404016 E Map |
| Discovery Notes | A single type of bacteriophage capable of infecting Mycobacterium smegmatis mc2155 was successfully isolated from soil from a llama farm at Sheffield, Massachusetts. Streak tests confirmed the presence of a single virus. |
| Naming Notes | The plaque was found in a Llama Farm and was large in size, hence the name "Big Mama Llama Virus" |
| Sequencing Information | |
| Sequencing Complete? | No |
| Shotgun Sequencing Method | Ion Torrent Sequencing |
| Genome length (bp) | Unknown |
| Character of genome ends | Unknown |
| Fasta file available? | No |
| Characterization | |
| Cluster | A |
| Subcluster | A1 |
| Cluster Life Cycle | Temperate |
| Annotating Institution | Unknown or unassigned |
| Annotation Status | Not sequenced |
| Plaque Notes | The plaque morphology is composed of a large central clearing surrounded by a thin, white ring. |
| Morphotype | Siphoviridae |
| Has been Phamerated? | No |
| Publication Info | |
| Uploaded to GenBank? | No |
| GenBank Accession | None yet |
| Refseq Number | None yet |
| Archiving Info | |
| Archiving status | Ignore |