Mycobacterium phage HokieTux
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| Detailed Information for Phage HokieTux | |
| Discovery Information | |
| Isolation Host | Mycobacterium smegmatis mc²155 |
| Found By | Aanish Pradhan |
| Year Found | 2021 |
| Location Found | Blacksburg, VA United States |
| Finding Institution | Virginia Tech |
| Program | Science Education Alliance-Phage Hunters Advancing Genomics and Evolutionary Science |
| From enriched soil sample? | Yes |
| Isolation Temperature | 37°C |
| GPS Coordinates | 37.225845 N, 80.423333 W Map |
| Discovery Notes | This phage was isolated outside of Sandy Hall at Virginia Tech. It was extracted from a moist soil sample from a depth of approximately two centimeters. The soil was sourced from a plant bed located beside a sidewalk and a roof gutter drainpipe runoff. |
| Naming Notes | The phage is named after Tux, the mascot of the Linux operating system. |
| 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 yielded small plaques that slightly varied in size. The plaques were turbid, indicative of a temperate phage. |
| 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# | 134 |
| Pitt Freezer Box Grid# | B9 |
| Available Files | |
| Plaque Picture | Download |
| Restriction Digest Picture | Download |
| EM Picture | Download |
