Mycobacterium phage Groupie
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| Detailed Information for Phage Groupie | |
| Discovery Information | |
| Isolation Host | Mycobacterium smegmatis mc²155 |
| Found By | Rachel Smith |
| Year Found | 2017 |
| Location Found | Blacksburg, VA USA |
| Finding Institution | Virginia Tech |
| Program | Science Education Alliance-Phage Hunters Advancing Genomics and Evolutionary Science |
| From enriched soil sample? | Yes |
| Isolation Temperature | Not entered |
| GPS Coordinates | 37.24 N, 80.42 W Map |
| Discovery Notes | The sample was collected in the backyard of a popular apartment complex at Virginia Tech. This sample collected directly leaning up to the apartment, where many dogs play and use the bathroom. |
| Naming Notes | This phage was very populated and high quantity. I decided to name it Groupie after the electron microscopy results showed an extremely high clustered phage that was always in large groups surrounded but other phages. |
| 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 | This plaque has a high titer and the morphology indicated was clear. The plaques were very small and very numerous when the dilution was high. |
| 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# | 54 |
| Pitt Freezer Box Grid# | E6 |