Mycobacterium phage Inferno8Ten
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| Detailed Information for Phage Inferno8Ten | |
| Discovery Information | |
| Isolation Host | Mycobacterium smegmatis mc²155 |
| Found By | Christina Perri and Shelby Scola |
| Year Found | 2012 |
| Location Found | Providence, RI USA |
| Finding Institution | Providence College |
| Program | Science Education Alliance-Phage Hunters Advancing Genomics and Evolutionary Science |
| From enriched soil sample? | Yes |
| Isolation Temperature | Not entered |
| GPS Coordinates | 41.842388 N, 71.43567 W Map |
| Discovery Notes | Found outside St. Dominic Chapel at Providence College at 8:15 PM on 9/16/2012. It was found on a clear, 63 degree Fahrenheit night approximately one in below the surface beneath a tree and amid shrubbery. |
| Naming Notes | The tenth ring of the eighth circle of Hell in Dante's Inferno is punished by disease; since this research is geared toward curing mycobacterial diseases (i.e. TB and leprosy), the name seemed appropriate. |
| 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 | Plaques were between 4 and 5 mm in diameter, and, while not perfectly clear, clear enough to be distinguished. Plaques were round. |
| 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 |
| SEA Designator | 2012PROVinferno8tenCMPSES |
| Pitt Freezer Box# | 38 |
| Pitt Freezer Box Grid# | 55 |
| Available Files | |
| EM Picture | Download |