Microbacterium phage Blobfish
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| Detailed Information for Phage Blobfish | |
| Discovery Information | |
| Isolation Host | Microbacterium foliorum NRRL B-24224 |
| Found By | W. Gorska, C. Divietro, C. Kelly M. Casey |
| Year Found | 2025 |
| Location Found | Amherst, MA United States |
| Finding Institution | University of Massachusetts Amherst |
| Program | Science Education Alliance-Phage Hunters Advancing Genomics and Evolutionary Science |
| From enriched soil sample? | No |
| Isolation Temperature | 30°C |
| GPS Coordinates | 42.38279 N, 72.53008 W Map |
| Discovery Notes | The sample was collected under a tree covered by a layer of mulch. |
| Naming Notes | Blobfish is our name since it is a cute sea creature that is able to withstand extreme conditions, similarly to our phages. Both the blobfish and phages are somewhat round (after the blobfish gets fished out of the water). |
| 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 | Our plaques reached morphology after completing three rounds of purification. The morphology includes: bulls-eye with cloudy edges and 4mm in diameter. |
| 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 |