Mycobacterium phage Blouberg
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| Detailed Information for Phage Blouberg | |
| Discovery Information | |
| Isolation Host | Mycobacterium smegmatis mc²155 |
| Found By | Gabriella Caldwell |
| Year Found | 2024 |
| Location Found | Conway, SC USA |
| Finding Institution | Coastal Carolina University |
| Program | Science Education Alliance-Phage Hunters Advancing Genomics and Evolutionary Science |
| From enriched soil sample? | Yes |
| Isolation Temperature | 37°C |
| GPS Coordinates | 33.8005 N, 79.02072 W Map |
| Discovery Notes | This bacteriophage sample was collected from a mulch bed situated directly beneath a small tree. The area was shaded, and the mulch had retained moisture as it was noticeably damp. |
| Naming Notes | My phage displayed two distinct plaque types: large and small plaques. Through an experiment, I demonstrated that these variations were simply different presentations of the same phage. The plaques themselves were transparent. The smallest plaques were about the size of a pin prick, and the larger plaques were about half the size of a pencil eraser. |
| 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 | I named my phage, Blouberg, after one of my favorite seaside suburb of the City of Cape Town, South Africa. |
| 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 |