Mycobacterium phage Marty
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| Detailed Information for Phage Marty | |
| Discovery Information | |
| Isolation Host | Mycobacterium smegmatis mc²155 |
| Found By | Morgan Bergerud, Vina Tran |
| Year Found | 2014 |
| Location Found | Spokane, WA USA |
| Finding Institution | Gonzaga University |
| Program | Science Education Alliance-Phage Hunters Advancing Genomics and Evolutionary Science |
| From enriched soil sample? | No |
| Isolation Temperature | Not entered |
| GPS Coordinates | 47.665651 N, 117.402969 W Map |
| Discovery Notes | Found our phage in a puddle on a gravel trail near a soccer field. The area gets a lot of foot traffic, there are animals nearby, and runoff from the grass fields. We collected the sample shortly after rainfall |
| Naming Notes | Wanted to name our phage McPhage after Marty McFly (Back to the Future), but as phage naming rules didn't allow us to use the word 'phage', we shortened our phage name to just "Marty" |
| 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 | Clear, perfectly round plaques Always approximately 1mm in diameter when checked within 48-72 hrs, after which the plaque size may increase slightly up to 2mm in diameter |
| Morphotype | Myoviridae |
| 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 | 1.72 x 10^6 |
| Date of SEA Lysate Titering | Oct 25, 2014 |
| Pitt Freezer Box# | 16 |
| Pitt Freezer Box Grid# | H4 |
| Available Files | |
| Plaque Picture | Download |
| EM Picture | Download |