Mycobacterium phage GeneralSherman
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| Detailed Information for Phage GeneralSherman | |
| Discovery Information | |
| Isolation Host | Mycobacterium smegmatis mc²155 |
| Found By | Paul Masters, Stella Cross |
| Year Found | 2024 |
| Location Found | Boulder, CO United States |
| Finding Institution | University of Colorado Boulder |
| Program | Science Education Alliance-Phage Hunters Advancing Genomics and Evolutionary Science |
| From enriched soil sample? | Yes |
| Isolation Temperature | 37°C |
| GPS Coordinates | 40.009265 N, 105.269098 W Map |
| Discovery Notes | The sample was collected on January 31, 2024 at 10:41am in Boulder, CO. It was collected next to a grass field between Porter Biosciences and the Carlson Gymnasium on the CU Boulder campus. |
| Naming Notes | Phage GeneralSherman was named after civil war general William Tecumseh Sherman, who demonstrated the first modern act of total warfare in his March to the Sea. William Tecumseh Sherman practiced a form of warfare where he destroyed everything in his path which was later coined "scorched earth". This phage acted similarly in early enrichment plaque assays by clearing bacteria from plates completely. |
| 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 | Based on the halos present on the plaque pictured below, GeneralSherman is thought to have a temperate morphology. |
| 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 |
| SEA Lysate Titer | 2.69E10 pfu/mL |
| Available Files | |
| Plaque Picture | Download |
| Virtual Digest Picture | Download |
| EM Picture | Download |
