Mycobacterium phage Ehrmantraut
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| Detailed Information for Phage Ehrmantraut | |
| Discovery Information | |
| Isolation Host | Mycobacterium smegmatis mc²155 |
| Found By | Ben Farley and Gabe Guzman |
| Year Found | 2023 |
| 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? | Yes |
| Isolation Temperature | 37°C |
| GPS Coordinates | 40.69074 N, 75.2083 W Map |
| Discovery Notes | Was found in the soil of a mulched garden bed, about 4 cm deep. About 7 feet from the sidewalk and 5 or 6 feet from the grass lawn outside of Skillman Library. Not very close to any trees in the bed. The temperature outside was 5 degrees Celsius, and it was overcast. |
| Naming Notes | Named Ehrmantraut for its resilience in the dirt. |
| 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 phage formed lytic plaques with crisp margins. Most of the plaques were less than 1 mm in length, however, the size varied depending on the concentration of phage. |
| 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 |
