Mycobacterium phage CLFlorus
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| Detailed Information for Phage CLFlorus | |
| Discovery Information | |
| Isolation Host | Mycobacterium smegmatis mc²155 |
| Former names | Viraflorus |
| Found By | Conner Lilly |
| Year Found | 2017 |
| Location Found | Kenosha, WI USA |
| Finding Institution | Carthage College |
| Program | Science Education Alliance-Phage Hunters Advancing Genomics and Evolutionary Science |
| From enriched soil sample? | Yes |
| Isolation Temperature | Not entered |
| GPS Coordinates | 42.61939 N, 87.821711 W Map |
| Discovery Notes | Our phage was found next to a flower bed after a storm of rain near a construction site. The phage was found in roughly 3-5 inches deep in to the soil. The sample contained soil, rooted, and minor rocks. The soil was very soft and moist. The soil was close to being like mud. Found 9-7-2017. |
| Naming Notes | There are 2 parts of the name Viraflorus. Vira- comes from the term virus. This is just due to the fact that a phage is a virus. -florus comes from the term flora. Flora is the name of the Roman Goddess of flowers. This is because our phage was found next to a flower bed. |
| 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 phage forms plaques that give a halo look to it. This means that our phage have a unique ability to use the lytic and the lysogenic cycle. This means that we have a temperate phage. |
| 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# | 67 |
| Pitt Freezer Box Grid# | B4 |