Mycobacterium phage Hippodrome
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| Detailed Information for Phage Hippodrome | |
| Discovery Information | |
| Isolation Host | Mycobacterium smegmatis mc²155 |
| Former names | Shmegopotamus |
| Found By | Monterey Domike |
| Year Found | 2023 |
| Location Found | Provo, UT United States |
| Finding Institution | Brigham Young University |
| Program | Science Education Alliance-Phage Hunters Advancing Genomics and Evolutionary Science |
| From enriched soil sample? | No |
| Isolation Temperature | 37°C |
| GPS Coordinates | Unavailable |
| Discovery Notes | Used old sample and fermented in incubator at 37 C. Forgot about it, so it was in there for over a month prior to successfully containing phages when tested. |
| Naming Notes | Named for the great speed with which this virus conquered plates, sometimes forming plaques over 2 inches in diameter. |
| 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 phage tends to show up with massive plaques, some measuring up to 2.5 inches in diameter. Smegopotamus had inner rings in the plaque formations (almost like a nucleus) for unknown reasons. |
| 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 |