Mycobacterium phage Ectoplasm
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| Detailed Information for Phage Ectoplasm | |
| Discovery Information | |
| Isolation Host | Mycobacterium smegmatis mc²155 |
| Found By | Sean Sweeney |
| Year Found | 2018 |
| Location Found | Charleston, SC USA |
| Finding Institution | College of Charleston |
| Program | Science Education Alliance-Phage Hunters Advancing Genomics and Evolutionary Science |
| From enriched soil sample? | Unknown |
| Isolation Temperature | 37°C |
| GPS Coordinates | 32.778575 N, 100.062572 W Map |
| Discovery Notes | The sample was gathered from the Old Charleston Jail. Specifically in the jailyard right of the entrance gate. The soil sample was taken after removing several weeds and brambles. |
| Naming Notes | The name of this phage is "Ectoplasm". The Old Charleston Jail is a supposedly haunted location so I found the name "Ectoplasm" to be fitting based on it's location. |
| 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 | Has more of a circular capsid than a polygonal shape. |
| Morphotype | Myoviridae |
| 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 | |
| EM Picture | Download |