Mycobacterium phage Lagkaptan
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| Detailed Information for Phage Lagkaptan | |
| Discovery Information | |
| Isolation Host | Mycobacterium smegmatis mc²155 |
| Found By | Gianluca Ciocca & Riley Joslin |
| Year Found | 2024 |
| Location Found | Merion Gardens, PA United States |
| Finding Institution | Saint Joseph's University |
| Program | Science Education Alliance-Phage Hunters Advancing Genomics and Evolutionary Science |
| From enriched soil sample? | Yes |
| Isolation Temperature | 37°C |
| GPS Coordinates | 39.99404 N, 75.25094 W Map |
| Discovery Notes | Water and silt collected from a small stagnant area of creek, under a Japanese cherry tree (Prunus serrulata) in Merion Botanical Park. |
| Naming Notes | After struggling to find a name, we were inspired by a recent trip to the furniture store Ikea. There was a very nice and reasonably priced desk named "Lagkaptan" and we decided that it would be a great name for our phage. |
| 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 | Clear plaques, approximately 3nm in diameter. 48 hour incubation period. |
| Has been Phamerated? | No |
| Publication Info | |
| Uploaded to GenBank? | No |
| GenBank Accession | None yet |
| Refseq Number | None yet |
| Archiving Info | |
| Archiving status | Not in Pitt Archives |
| Available Files | |
| Plaque Picture | Download |
| Restriction Digest Picture | Download |
