Mycobacterium phage Dimaximus
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| Detailed Information for Phage Dimaximus | |
| Discovery Information | |
| Isolation Host | Mycobacterium smegmatis mc²155 |
| Found By | T. Pledger, C. Wade, F.W. Baliraine, C. Andrade. |
| Year Found | 2022 |
| Location Found | Longview, TX United States |
| Finding Institution | LeTourneau University |
| Program | Science Education Alliance-Phage Hunters Advancing Genomics and Evolutionary Science |
| From enriched soil sample? | Yes |
| Isolation Temperature | 37°C |
| GPS Coordinates | Unavailable |
| Discovery Notes | The soil sample was collected from a slightly mulched landscaping bush outside of the Glaske Center for Engineering, Science and Technology building at LeTourneau University at 10:18 a.m. CST on August 23, 2022. The weather was very cloudy with a 90% chance of rain and an ambient temperature of 23.9°C. The soil was very moist since it had been raining for the past few days. We dug approximately 2 inches below the mulch. The soil was rich and dark with worms, grubs, and other organisms present, but we made sure that no worms or grubs were present in the soil sample that we took to the lab for further processing. |
| Naming Notes | We isolated two phages (hence "Di" for “two”) that had drastically different plague morphologies. This phage creates quite large plaques compared the other phage. “Maximus” is the Latin term for the "greatest" or "largest," whereas “minimus” is the Latin term for the "smallest, smaller, or least." Since this phage creates large plaques, we decided to name it “Dimaximus.” To maintain the uniqueness of our phage names, we added the prefix 'di' to “minimus” in the name of the other phage which had smaller plaques. |
| 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 plaques were quite large, quite cloudy, and turbid with a barely visible bullseye appearance. All of our plaque diameters stayed within a range of 2.5 millimeters and 3.7 millimeters. The average diameter we calculated from 10 plaques is 3.15 millimeters. |
| 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# | 150 |
| Pitt Freezer Box Grid# | D8 |
| Available Files | |
| Plaque Picture | Download |
| EM Picture | Download |
