Mycobacterium phage Drfacilier
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| Detailed Information for Phage Drfacilier | |
| Discovery Information | |
| Isolation Host | Mycobacterium smegmatis mc²155 |
| Found By | Grace Perez and June Morishige |
| Year Found | 2025 |
| Location Found | Easton, PA United States |
| Finding Institution | Lafayette College |
| Program | Science Education Alliance-Phage Hunters Advancing Genomics and Evolutionary Science |
| From enriched soil sample? | No |
| Isolation Temperature | 37°C |
| GPS Coordinates | 40.696528 N, 75.211 W Map |
| Discovery Notes | General Location: Marquis Hall 15 College Dr, Easton PA, 18042 Collected by the side of the building, in a bush area next to the grassy hill. The collection site was near bushes, covered by mulch and snow, and the area was shaded. |
| Naming Notes | We named it after a Disney character Dr. Facilier because of our plaque's unique shadow (similar to how the character is referenced as the shadow man in the film). We wanted the name to be representative of it's plaque morphology. |
| 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 | Plaques observed were very small, clear turbidity with a halo, but also had prominent shadows around them. All plaques found were <1mm in diameter. However, we found that the shadow around them varied in diameter (1-2 mm). |
| 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 |
| Available Files | |
| Plaque Picture | Download |
