Mycobacterium phage Ghost8
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| Detailed Information for Phage Ghost8 | |
| Discovery Information | |
| Isolation Host | Mycobacterium smegmatis mc²155 |
| Found By | Ryan Nickens and Natalya Zuberi |
| Year Found | 2023 |
| Location Found | Easton, PA United States |
| Finding Institution | Lafayette College |
| Program | Science Education Alliance-Phage Hunters Advancing Genomics and Evolutionary Science |
| From enriched soil sample? | Yes |
| Isolation Temperature | 37°C |
| GPS Coordinates | 40.698499 N, 75.211603 W Map |
| Discovery Notes | Ghost8 was found under bark near a bush about 6cm deep in the ground. it was on the side of a path near a parking lot and Anderson Courtyard at Lafayette College. found on 1/26/2023. |
| Naming Notes | because the concentration of our HTL was so low, we decided to name it Ghost8 because it was barely there. we chose the number 8 because the DNA concentration was 8 micrograms/ml. |
| 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 | plaques were temperate of circular shape with indistinct borders. the plaques had an average size of 3mm in diameter. |
| 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 |