Microbacterium phage HitchHiker
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Detailed Information for Phage HitchHiker | |
Discovery Information | |
Isolation Host | Microbacterium foliorum NRRL B-24224 |
Found By | Asa Jassen, Alexis Assell |
Year Found | 2022 |
Location Found | Spokane, 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 | 22°C |
GPS Coordinates | 47.667811 N, 117.400565 W Map |
Discovery Notes | Collected from the base of the leftmost tree behind the Jesus Statue when facing the statue. The sample contained fine dirt with dead grass and other organic matter on the surface. |
Naming Notes | The phage name HitchHiker was named because the way phages latch onto bacterial cells makes them like hitch hikers in a way. |
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 | The plaques from the phage HitchHiker had an average diameter or 2 mm although they did vary. They were nearly perfectly circular and had faint halos. |
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 |