Mycobacterium phage Marseillie
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| Detailed Information for Phage Marseillie | |
| Discovery Information | |
| Isolation Host | Mycobacterium smegmatis mc²155 |
| Former names | Msmeater |
| Found By | Emily Poteat |
| Year Found | 2017 |
| 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 | Not entered |
| GPS Coordinates | 37.221959 N, 80.423511 W Map |
| Discovery Notes | This soil sample was found on a hillside between two academic buildings on the Virginia Tech campus (Wallace Hall and Litton Reaves Hall). The hillside was north-facing. The soil was a clay consistency which was slightly moist. |
| Naming Notes | The name is a pun: Msmeg eater = Msmeater. |
| 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 phage can undergo the lytic or lysogenic cycle. It favors the lytic cycle at 37°C and 42°C, and the lysogenic cycle at 32°C. It generally forms larger plaques at higher temperatures, as plaque sizes have ranged from pinhead-sized to about the size of a standard pencil eraser. |
| 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# | 54 |
| Pitt Freezer Box Grid# | F2 |
| Available Files | |
| Plaque Picture | Download |
| Restriction Digest Picture | Download |
| EM Picture | Download |
