Mycobacterium phage Mahuika
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| Detailed Information for Phage Mahuika | |
| Discovery Information | |
| Isolation Host | Mycobacterium smegmatis mc²155 |
| Found By | Anezka Hoskin |
| Year Found | 2017 |
| Location Found | Auckland, New Zealand |
| Finding Institution | Massey University |
| Program | Science Education Alliance-Phage Hunters Advancing Genomics and Evolutionary Science |
| From enriched soil sample? | No |
| Isolation Temperature | Not entered |
| GPS Coordinates | Unavailable |
| Discovery Notes | Soil sample collected from a compost bin on Massey University Albany campus. The compost bin contained organic material from the University vegetable garden. |
| Naming Notes | Mahuika is the Māori deity of fire. She is the wife of Auahitūroa (God of Comets and origin of fire) and the younger sister of Hine-nui-o-te-pō (Goddess of death). She is commonly known from the story where Maui (Demi-god) tricked her into giving him her fingernails which contained fire. |
| 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 | Turbid, circular plaques that are consistently smaller than 1mm. |
| 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 | 3.33 x 10^11 |
| Date of SEA Lysate Titering | Apr 10, 2017 |
| Pitt Freezer Box# | 164 |
| Pitt Freezer Box Grid# | A8 |
| Available Files | |
| Plaque Picture | Download |
| Restriction Digest Picture | Download |
| EM Picture | Download |
