Microbacterium phage Iapetus
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| Detailed Information for Phage Iapetus | |
| Discovery Information | |
| Isolation Host | Microbacterium foliorum NRRL B-24224 |
| Found By | Rebecca Rymarcsuk |
| Year Found | 2019 |
| Location Found | Lake Zurich, IL United States |
| Finding Institution | Illinois Wesleyan University |
| Program | Science Education Alliance-Phage Hunters Advancing Genomics and Evolutionary Science |
| From enriched soil sample? | Yes |
| Isolation Temperature | Not entered |
| GPS Coordinates | 42.192344 N, 88.088899 W Map |
| Discovery Notes | Iapetus was discovered in my front yard, and was taken from a plot of soil where the season before, a cherry tree died. The tree died of a strange infection that ate the tree out from the inside out and killed the tree in the span of less than a year. |
| Naming Notes | The name Iapetus came from the Greek Titan Iapetus, who is the titan of mortal destruction and death. The name is also shared with one of Saturn's moons. |
| 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 | Iapetus's plaques are large and clear, the outer ring of the plaques are very small and semi-transparent. |
| 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# | 107 |
| Pitt Freezer Box Grid# | F10 |