Mycobacterium phage Cheems
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| Detailed Information for Phage Cheems | |
| Discovery Information | |
| Isolation Host | Mycobacterium smegmatis mc²155 |
| Found By | Leon Boyles |
| Year Found | 2020 |
| Location Found | Las Vegas, NV United States |
| Finding Institution | University of Nevada Las Vegas |
| Program | Science Education Alliance-Phage Hunters Advancing Genomics and Evolutionary Science |
| From enriched soil sample? | Yes |
| Isolation Temperature | 34°C |
| GPS Coordinates | 36.10996 N, 115.14306 W Map |
| Discovery Notes | The soil sample was collected on September 19, 2020, from a soil plot within the Juanita Greer White Life Sciences building at UNLV. The sample was collected approximately 10cm deep from the surface of the soil. The ambient temperature of the room was 26°C. |
| Naming Notes | Every year, new memes are created and shared across various social media platforms. To me, Cheems (also known as Balltze the Shiba Inu) was the most distinguished meme of 2020, so I felt like naming a phage in his honor. |
| 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 | Plaque diameter of 4 mm. Clear center with slightly hazy edges. |
| 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# | 120 |
| Pitt Freezer Box Grid# | H2 |
| Available Files | |
| EM Picture | Download |