Mycobacterium phage GBEatinCorn
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| Detailed Information for Phage GBEatinCorn | |
| Discovery Information | |
| Isolation Host | Mycobacterium smegmatis mc²155 |
| Found By | Julie Downs/Samuel Achtzehn |
| Year Found | 2016 |
| Location Found | Greensburg, PA USA |
| Finding Institution | Seton Hill University |
| Program | Science Education Alliance-Phage Hunters Advancing Genomics and Evolutionary Science |
| From enriched soil sample? | Yes |
| Isolation Temperature | 19°C |
| GPS Coordinates | Unavailable |
| Discovery Notes | Six environmental samples were collected however yielded no phages. Following this a phage was adopted that was discovered at Seton Hill University on the sand volleyball court outside Brownlee Residence Hall in Greensburg, PA on Sunday, August 28th, 2016. With the coordinates 40.310515243827595 N, -79.56015586853027 W. The weather condition was humid with an air temperature of 19°C. The sample appearance was sandy with very little decaying organic material. |
| Naming Notes | The name is from our great president of the early 2000s George W. Bush. The name is because of his great love of eating raw corn on the cob. |
| Sequencing Information | |
| Sequencing Complete? | No |
| Genome length (bp) | Unknown |
| Character of genome ends | Unknown |
| Fasta file available? | No |
| Characterization | |
| Cluster | Unclustered |
| Subcluster | -- |
| Lysogeny Notes | A turbid or temperate phage was yielded meaning it can go through either the lytic or lysogenic life cycles. Its titer was calculated to be 1.6*10^7 pfu/mL on November 3rd, 2016. |
| Annotating Institution | Unknown or unassigned |
| Annotation Status | Not sequenced |
| Plaque Notes | After a failed attempted of using Gordonia terrae as a host bacteria the analysis changed to use Mycobacterium smegmatis mc2155 as a host bacteria. Following this, GBeatincorn was discovered through enrichment isolation. |
| 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 | 1.6*10^7 pfu/mL |
| Pitt Freezer Box# | 33 |
| Pitt Freezer Box Grid# | F7 |
| Available Files | |
| Plaque Picture | Download |