Mycobacterium phage Karen
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| Detailed Information for Phage Karen | |
| Discovery Information | |
| Isolation Host | Mycobacterium smegmatis mc²155 |
| Found By | Jeffery Seals |
| Year Found | 2016 |
| Location Found | Blacksburg, VA USA |
| Finding Institution | Virginia Tech |
| Program | Science Education Alliance-Phage Hunters Advancing Genomics and Evolutionary Science |
| From enriched soil sample? | Yes |
| Isolation Temperature | Not entered |
| GPS Coordinates | 37.245833 N, 80.426944 W Map |
| Discovery Notes | Under tree, 3 ft from parking lot in the Village Apartments, flat, near roots |
| Naming Notes | I chose the name on October 3rd, which is National Mean Girls Day. I named my phage after Karen from Mean Girls. |
| 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 | Temperate phage, size varied based on number of plaques present on plate |
| 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 Lysate Titer | 4.8 x10^8 pfu/mL |
| Pitt Freezer Box# | 31 |
| Pitt Freezer Box Grid# | C7 |