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 |