Mycobacterium phage Hexx
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| Detailed Information for Phage Hexx | |
| Discovery Information | |
| Isolation Host | Mycobacterium smegmatis mc²155 |
| Found By | Brenna Hobin |
| Year Found | 2014 |
| Location Found | Hartford, CT USA |
| Finding Institution | Trinity College |
| Program | Science Education Alliance-Phage Hunters Advancing Genomics and Evolutionary Science |
| From enriched soil sample? | Yes |
| Isolation Temperature | Not entered |
| GPS Coordinates | Unavailable |
| Discovery Notes | Soil collected under a tree with other trees close by. Are was next to a parking lot. Soil was collected from the top layer next to roots. Slightly damp from rain the previous night. Soil was completely shaded. |
| Naming Notes | The phage has a icosahedral shaped head. In the EM pictures, it looks like a hexagon because it is a 2-dimensional picture. The name Hex is short for hexagon. |
| Sequencing Information | |
| Sequencing Complete? | No |
| Sequencing Facility | Pittsburgh Bacteriophage Institute |
| 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 | All plagues were between 1 and 2 mm in diameter. All plagues were slightly cloudy and round shaped. |
| 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 |
| SEA Lysate Titer | 4.64 x 10^11 pfu |
| Pitt Freezer Box# | 7 |
| Pitt Freezer Box Grid# | B11 |