Mycobacterium phage BonBon
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| Detailed Information for Phage BonBon | |
| Discovery Information | |
| Isolation Host | Mycobacterium smegmatis mc²155 |
| Found By | Mihir Kharate |
| Year Found | 2017 |
| Location Found | Ames, IA USA |
| Finding Institution | Iowa State University |
| Program | Science Education Alliance-Phage Hunters Advancing Genomics and Evolutionary Science |
| From enriched soil sample? | No |
| Isolation Temperature | Not entered |
| GPS Coordinates | Unavailable |
| Discovery Notes | I got my soil sample from a flower bed near Memorial Union. The depth of the sample was 4 inches from the surface and the ambient temperature was 53 degrees Fahrenheit. I performed direct Isolation with Plaque assay and found turbid (lysogenic) plaques. |
| Naming Notes | I names my phage "BonBon". It means candy in French. I named my phage after that because I think that phages look like lollipops and I liked the name as well. |
| Sequencing Information | |
| Sequencing Complete? | No |
| Sequencing Facility | Pittsburgh Bacteriophage Institute |
| 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 plaques found were turbid and lacked defined boundaries. The plaques were around 4mm in diameter. |
| 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# | 73 |
| Pitt Freezer Box Grid# | D2 |