Mycobacterium phage McConnell
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| Detailed Information for Phage McConnell | |
| Discovery Information | |
| Isolation Host | Mycobacterium smegmatis mc²155 |
| Found By | Wylie De Groff |
| Year Found | 2017 |
| Location Found | Providence, RI USA |
| Finding Institution | Brown University |
| Program | Science Education Alliance-Phage Hunters Advancing Genomics and Evolutionary Science |
| From enriched soil sample? | Unknown |
| Isolation Temperature | Not entered |
| GPS Coordinates | 41.829297 N, 71.402889 W Map |
| Discovery Notes | Scooped with a sterile tongue depressor from damp soil in a flowerbed. Area was mostly shaded from sunlight and a couple meters from a drain. |
| Naming Notes | The name McConnell is inspired by Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell. McConnell has had a long and storied career of repulsive, reactionary politics, for decades defending coal executives and other exploitative businessmen rather than his own constituents. |
| 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 lytic plaques, 2-3mm across |
| 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# | B3 |