Mycobacterium phage LilSnowball
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| Detailed Information for Phage LilSnowball | |
| Discovery Information | |
| Isolation Host | Mycobacterium smegmatis mc²155 |
| Found By | Alec Sherk and Isabella Lai |
| Year Found | 2017 |
| Location Found | Philadelphia, PA USA |
| Finding Institution | University of the Sciences (now St. Joseph's Univ) |
| Program | Science Education Alliance-Phage Hunters Advancing Genomics and Evolutionary Science |
| From enriched soil sample? | No |
| Isolation Temperature | 37°C |
| GPS Coordinates | 39.945494 N, 75.206533 W Map |
| Discovery Notes | The soil sample was found in an Urban area around trees and bushes, and had a very sandy texture to it. There was not a lot of organic material in it and had a very light coloration. |
| Naming Notes | The name of this phage comes from the appearance of its head. The head is round and white and looks like a snowball. Phages are also very tiny so that is why it is named Lil Snowball. |
| Sequencing Information | |
| Sequencing Complete? | No |
| Genome length (bp) | Unknown |
| Character of genome ends | Unknown |
| Fasta file available? | No |
| Characterization | |
| Cluster | Unclustered |
| Subcluster | -- |
| Lysogeny Notes | The plaques are 0.5 mm in diameter, lytic, and clear. |
| Annotating Institution | Unknown or unassigned |
| Annotation Status | Not sequenced |
| Plaque Notes | The phage has a head diameter of 58.82 nm and a tail length of 188.24 nm. |
| 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 | 5.2E8 |
| Pitt Freezer Box# | 47 |
| Pitt Freezer Box Grid# | D1 |
| Available Files | |
| Restriction Digest Picture | Download |
| EM Picture | Download |
