Microbacterium phage Dirtydog
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| Detailed Information for Phage Dirtydog | |
| Discovery Information | |
| Isolation Host | Microbacterium foliorum NRRL B-24224 |
| Found By | B Schaller, S Huynh, N David, J Collantes |
| Year Found | 2025 |
| Location Found | Amherst, MA United States |
| Finding Institution | University of Massachusetts Amherst |
| Program | Science Education Alliance-Phage Hunters Advancing Genomics and Evolutionary Science |
| From enriched soil sample? | No |
| Isolation Temperature | 30°C |
| GPS Coordinates | 42.388064 N, 72.524547 W Map |
| Discovery Notes | The soil sample was collected from muddy, wet, slightly frozen ground on 02/03/2025. The soil sample was taken from a patch of grass adjacent to the Eisenberg School of Management, next to a sidewalk. |
| Naming Notes | Our phage was originally named DirtyDiva (RIP), but was changed to Dirtydog for fear of the name not being approved by the phage database :( The phage was discovered from a sample of dirt, hence “Dirty”, AND who doesn’t like dogs? :) |
| 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 | Halo shaped, 0.5mm, and cloudy. |
| 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 |