Mycobacterium phage LunaLight
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| Detailed Information for Phage LunaLight | |
| Discovery Information | |
| Isolation Host | Mycobacterium smegmatis mc²155 |
| Found By | Bryan A Gaztelum |
| Year Found | 2018 |
| 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 | 37°C |
| GPS Coordinates | 37.218056 N, 80.402139 W Map |
| Discovery Notes | Found near the Gamestop of the given coordinates in an "island" of soil in an otherwise fully concrete parking lot. |
| Naming Notes | The name comes from the Spanish word "luna" meaning moon. While the Light part is self explanatory. For a more sentimental reasoning is that luna was the first word that I spoke and it sounds nice so I figured it would be a good name. |
| 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 | Polymorphic plaques with them adhering to one side of the plate in most cases. There were some cases wherein there was one plaque that was far and beyond larger than the others. |
| 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# | 80 |
| Pitt Freezer Box Grid# | C6 |
| Available Files | |
| Plaque Picture | Download |
| Restriction Digest Picture | Download |
| EM Picture | Download |
