Mycobacterium phage Latuca
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Detailed Information for Phage Latuca
Discovery Information
Isolation HostMycobacterium smegmatis mc²155
Found ByKeira Tucker
Year Found2015
Location FoundDurban, South Africa
Finding InstitutionUniversity of Kwazulu-Natal
ProgramMycobacterial Genetics Course, Durban, South Africa
From enriched soil sample?Yes
Isolation Temperature37°C
GPS Coordinates29.774913 S, 30.781529 E Map
Discovery NotesSoil from which this phage is isolated from contains compost and worm juice that is used to fertilize the soil in which I grow lettuce.
Naming NotesThis phage is found in a lettuce garden, the lattin word for lettuce is "lactuca". If pronounced differently "tuca" sounds like my surname "tucker" and in order to say the phage name easily "latuca" resulted
Sequencing Information
Sequencing Complete?No
Genome length (bp)Unknown
Character of genome endsUnknown
Fasta file available?No
Characterization
ClusterUnclustered
Subcluster--
Lysogeny NotesImmune to CJWI(E) and Da vinci
Annotating InstitutionUnknown or unassigned
Annotation StatusNot sequenced
Plaque NotesRound plaques which form halos after the second day of incubation. The plaques increase in size which further incubation.
MorphotypeSiphoviridae
Has been Phamerated?No
Publication Info
Uploaded to GenBank?No
GenBank AccessionNone yet
Refseq NumberNone yet
Archiving Info
Archiving status Archived
SEA Lysate Titer 6x10^10PFU/ml
Date of SEA Lysate Titering Aug 7, 2015
Available Files
Plaque PictureDownload
EM PictureDownload