Mycobacterium phage Ghostbusters
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| Detailed Information for Phage Ghostbusters | |
| Discovery Information | |
| Isolation Host | Mycobacterium smegmatis mc²155 |
| Former names | Gh0st |
| Found By | Joanna & Shannon |
| Year Found | 2015 |
| Location Found | Benavides, TX USA |
| Finding Institution | Del Mar College |
| Program | Science Education Alliance-Phage Hunters Advancing Genomics and Evolutionary Science |
| From enriched soil sample? | Unknown |
| Isolation Temperature | Not entered |
| GPS Coordinates | 27.578611 N, 98.319444 W Map |
| Discovery Notes | Soil sample phage were collected from came off of a hunting lease, with a wide range of wildlife living on the property. If phage were left in 37 degree incubator for more than 3 days, the phage changed from lytic to lysogenic. |
| Naming Notes | The phage were extremely slow growing & lytic which made them extremely hard to see, which is where we got the name ghost. |
| 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 quite small and lytic; if changed to lysogenic cycle plaque size stayed the same. |
| 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# | 24 |
| Pitt Freezer Box Grid# | A3 |
| Available Files | |
| EM Picture | Download |