Mycobacterium phage MammothC
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| Detailed Information for Phage MammothC | |
| Discovery Information | |
| Isolation Host | Mycobacterium smegmatis mc²155 |
| Found By | Paige Glass |
| Year Found | 2020 |
| Location Found | Brownsville, KY United States |
| Finding Institution | Western Kentucky University |
| Program | Science Education Alliance-Phage Hunters Advancing Genomics and Evolutionary Science |
| From enriched soil sample? | Yes |
| Isolation Temperature | 37°C |
| GPS Coordinates | 37.16219 N, 86.158367 W Map |
| Discovery Notes | Collected soil from Mammoth cave was put into a flask with Mycobacterium smegmatis. Filtering to remove soil & bacteria was the next step. Sets of serial dilutions (of the filtered lysate) was performed to locate a plate with well separated plaques. |
| Naming Notes | The phage was named after the location it was found (Mammoth Cave). |
| 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 | Plaques of Mammoth C range from 4 mm to 5 mm. The plaques were clear and stayed consistent over time. |
| 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 | 1.85x10^9 |
| Pitt Freezer Box# | 120 |
| Pitt Freezer Box Grid# | E7 |