Mycobacterium phage BigRed
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| Detailed Information for Phage BigRed | |
| Discovery Information | |
| Isolation Host | Mycobacterium smegmatis mc²155 |
| Found By | AJ Grovas and Jacey Kant |
| Year Found | 2016 |
| Location Found | Lincoln, NE USA |
| Finding Institution | University of Nebraska-Lincoln |
| Program | Science Education Alliance-Phage Hunters Advancing Genomics and Evolutionary Science |
| From enriched soil sample? | Yes |
| Isolation Temperature | Not entered |
| GPS Coordinates | 40.811667 N, 96.706111 W Map |
| Discovery Notes | The soil was "semi-moist" and collected from a flower bed outside of an apartment building called Latitude. It was a shallow depth of less than 3 inches. The ambient temperature was 66 degrees fahrenheit. |
| Naming Notes | Here at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln, red is our school color. Go big red is a cheer that we do at sporting events, so, being as this phage was found here in Lincoln by two UNL students, we decided to name it BigRed after this. |
| 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 | The capsid size was found to be 58.3 nm, and the tail length was found to be 139 nm. This phage produces clear plaques when plated. |
| 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# | 63 |
| Pitt Freezer Box Grid# | H8 |
| Available Files | |
| EM Picture | Download |