Microbacterium phage Boothill
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| Detailed Information for Phage Boothill | |
| Discovery Information | |
| Isolation Host | Microbacterium paraoxydans NRRL B-24275 |
| Former names | Boothill |
| Found By | Felicity Hernandez |
| Year Found | 2024 |
| Location Found | Riverside, CA United States |
| Finding Institution | La Sierra University |
| Program | Science Education Alliance-Phage Hunters Advancing Genomics and Evolutionary Science |
| From enriched soil sample? | No |
| Isolation Temperature | 19°C |
| GPS Coordinates | 33.90076 N, 117.49401 W Map |
| Discovery Notes | The sample was collected from soil next to lots of bushes and vegetation. The soil was dark brown but not very moist. Sample was collected from just under the surface of the soil to about an inch deep, and there were many roots and other matter that was collected with it. |
| Naming Notes | Boothill is a name given to burial grounds of gunslingers "who died with their boots on” in the Old West. When working with this bacteriophage, it would decimated the bacteria host each time, leaving only the remains. |
| 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 | Clear, small, and circular plaques. |
| 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 |