Mycobacterium phage BluSpecial
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| Detailed Information for Phage BluSpecial | |
| Discovery Information | |
| Isolation Host | Mycobacterium smegmatis mc²155 |
| Former names | BioBuddies |
| Found By | Alex Rosser |
| Year Found | 2023 |
| Location Found | Blacksburg, VA |
| Finding Institution | Virginia Tech |
| Program | Science Education Alliance-Phage Hunters Advancing Genomics and Evolutionary Science |
| From enriched soil sample? | Yes |
| Isolation Temperature | 37°C |
| GPS Coordinates | 37.0 N, 80.0 W Map |
| Discovery Notes | Was found on a warm day in sort of dry soil. Grass/bushes nearby, mostly posted next to a concrete deck. |
| Naming Notes | Due to the original EM pictures obtained of the phage, there had been a reminder of how more than one is such an important concept in nature, seeing all of then sort of paired together like "Buddies". |
| 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 | Plaques had appeared small in clusters, turbid in appearance and no halos present. Some but little spacing between them. |
| 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# | 168 |
| Pitt Freezer Box Grid# | G8 |