Mycobacterium phage Gekyume
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| Detailed Information for Phage Gekyume | |
| Discovery Information | |
| Isolation Host | Mycobacterium smegmatis mc²155 |
| Found By | Tommy Zheng |
| Year Found | 2019 |
| Location Found | East Stroudsburg, PA United States |
| Finding Institution | Lehigh University |
| Program | Science Education Alliance-Phage Hunters Advancing Genomics and Evolutionary Science |
| From enriched soil sample? | No |
| Isolation Temperature | -4°C |
| GPS Coordinates | 41.0633 N, 75.0603 W Map |
| Discovery Notes | Soil was collected behind my family's restaurant. The soil was frozen, because there was snowfall the day before. There was organic matter in the soil, such as rocks, twigs, and leaves. Additionally, the soil was extremely watery. |
| Naming Notes | When I was collecting my environmental sample, I was listening to the late rapper XXXTentacion and I had just found out his son's soon-to-be name was "Gekyume." |
| 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 are large and appear to have different maturation dates/cycles. Gekyume also appears to be a lysogenic, because often the plaques display turbidity. |
| 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 |
| Pitt Freezer Box# | 125 |
| Pitt Freezer Box Grid# | A5 |
| Available Files | |
| Plaque Picture | Download |
| Restriction Digest Picture | Download |
| EM Picture | Download |
