Microbacterium phage Gummy
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| Detailed Information for Phage Gummy | |
| Discovery Information | |
| Isolation Host | Microbacterium foliorum NRRL B-24224 |
| Found By | Brianna Nguyen, Yi Lu |
| Year Found | 2024 |
| Location Found | Olympia, WA United States |
| Finding Institution | Gonzaga University |
| Program | Science Education Alliance-Phage Hunters Advancing Genomics and Evolutionary Science |
| From enriched soil sample? | Yes |
| Isolation Temperature | 21°C |
| GPS Coordinates | 47.06897 N, 122.94758 W Map |
| Discovery Notes | The sample of soil from Olympia WA was collected during a sunny day in a temperate environment in a forest. The time it was collected was during the shift of seasons from summer to fall. The dirt sample was crumbly and coarse, sort of dry but not entirely. |
| Naming Notes | The name of this phage, Gummy, came from a "first-hand" thought of bacteriophages as a gummy snack or candy which contributed to the decision of naming the phage Gummy for fun. |
| 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 | Gummy's plaques on average measure to be about 2.4 mm after observing plaque sizes over the course of the research process. Some of Gummy's plaques are cloudy and turbid, suggesting the presence of temperate phages entering the lysogenic life cycle. |
| Morphotype | Siphoviridae |
| 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 |
| Available Files | |
| Plaque Picture | Download |
| EM Picture | Download |