Microbacterium phage LittleTuck
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| Detailed Information for Phage LittleTuck | |
| Discovery Information | |
| Isolation Host | Microbacterium foliorum NRRL B-24224 |
| Found By | Samuel Cousins |
| Year Found | 2023 |
| Location Found | South Portland, ME United States of America |
| Finding Institution | Southern Maine Community College |
| Program | Science Education Alliance-Phage Hunters Advancing Genomics and Evolutionary Science |
| From enriched soil sample? | Yes |
| Isolation Temperature | 30°C |
| GPS Coordinates | 43.647263 N, 70.227817 W Map |
| Discovery Notes | This bacteriophage was collected from a sample containing humus, topsoil, and leafy debris. The sample was obtained from the campus grounds of Southern Maine Community College during October 2023. |
| Naming Notes | No complex naming process was used here. The phage is named after my lovely dog, Tuck. Despite using the word little he is in fact, a big boy. However, in his context, little and big don't seem mutually exclusive. |
| 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 | On average, plaques produced by LittleTuck measure ~2 mm in diameter. Occasionally, smaller plaques about half the size are formed. All plaques produced by LittleTuck harbor a faint, thin, central ring of the same coloration as the host bacterium. |
| 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 |
| Pitt Freezer Box# | 183 |
| Pitt Freezer Box Grid# | E8 |