Mycobacterium phage Flohchen
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| Detailed Information for Phage Flohchen | |
| Discovery Information | |
| Isolation Host | Mycobacterium smegmatis mc²155 |
| Found By | Alexa Harry |
| Year Found | 2013 |
| Location Found | Bethlehem, PA USA |
| Finding Institution | Lehigh University |
| Program | Science Education Alliance-Phage Hunters Advancing Genomics and Evolutionary Science |
| From enriched soil sample? | Yes |
| Isolation Temperature | Not entered |
| GPS Coordinates | 40.605363 N, 75.37619 W Map |
| Discovery Notes | Found outside Lamberton Hall at Lehigh University on the main, Asa Packer Campus. Found in moist soil with no plant life or fungi near the site and was obtained from 3 inches beneath the soil surface. |
| Naming Notes | I got the name from my friend in Germany who named her dog Flohchen, which literally means "Little Flea" in English. It can also translate to "Little Pest" or simply "Rascal", which my phage has been over the course of time I've been working with it over the past few weeks. |
| Sequencing Information | |
| Sequencing Complete? | No |
| Sequencing Facility | Pittsburgh Bacteriophage Institute |
| 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 | 1-2mm in diameter, Clear plaques Incubation time: 24 hours at 37 degrees Celsius |
| Morphotype | Siphoviridae |
| Has been Phamerated? | No |
| Publication Info | |
| Uploaded to GenBank? | No |
| GenBank Accession | None yet |
| Refseq Number | None yet |
| Archiving Info | |
| Archiving status | Archived |
| SEA Lysate Titer | 3.4x10^8 pfu/mL |
| Date of SEA Lysate Titering | Apr 23, 2013 |
| Pitt Freezer Box# | 5 |
| Pitt Freezer Box Grid# | F7 |
| Available Files | |
| Plaque Picture | Download |
| EM Picture | Download |
