Mycobacterium phage Lunsford
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| Detailed Information for Phage Lunsford | |
| Discovery Information | |
| Isolation Host | Mycobacterium smegmatis mc²155 |
| Found By | Unavailable |
| Year Found | 2023 |
| Location Found | Longview, TX United States |
| Finding Institution | LeTourneau University |
| Program | Science Education Alliance-Phage Hunters Advancing Genomics and Evolutionary Science |
| From enriched soil sample? | Unknown |
| Isolation Temperature | Not entered |
| GPS Coordinates | 32.4691 N, 94.72279 W Map |
| Discovery Notes | Carter removed the top foliage first then collected over 5g of soil, digging about 2 inches deep and an inch wide for our second sample. The soil was dark and moist. The weather was sunny with scattered clouds and was 38°C with a humidity of 30%. We then returned the samples to the lab and added 5g to the completed medium prepared by Dr. McLoud and Dr. Baliraine |
| Naming Notes | The name Lunsford honors the ex president of Letourneau University who is now the Chancellor of the University. |
| 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 | The plaque morphology is clear plaques |
| 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 |