Mycobacterium phage Fairy
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| Detailed Information for Phage Fairy | |
| Discovery Information | |
| Isolation Host | Mycobacterium smegmatis mc²155 |
| Found By | Arthur Chen |
| Year Found | 2016 |
| Location Found | Providence, RI USA |
| Finding Institution | Brown University |
| Program | Science Education Alliance-Phage Hunters Advancing Genomics and Evolutionary Science |
| From enriched soil sample? | Yes |
| Isolation Temperature | Not entered |
| GPS Coordinates | 41.826389 N, 71.401111 E Map |
| Discovery Notes | This phage was discovered under the strange statue of many silver people holding hands that can be found between the Life Sciences building and Wriston Quad on Brown University's campus. I tried to collect the sample from directly one of the silver people's feet because I thought a sample near metal would be interesting. In addition, it was raining all that week, which may have affected the sample. |
| Naming Notes | The name Fairy Phage comes from the delicate nature of this phage. After plating, I almost threw this sample out because the plaques were so few and so faint. After further testing, my professor and I hypothesized that the phage was extremely delicate because it only began to leave plaques on plates when we paid extra careful attention to it. Otherwise, careless centrifuging and mixing that was slightly too violent could damage the phage's effectiveness of infecting the M. smeg. |
| 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 | The plaques from this phage were small and clear. This leads me to assume that this phage is lytic because of the clear plaques. The smallness in size could be due to the phage's effectiveness (remember that M. smeg may not be its primary host). |
| 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 |