Mycobacterium phage Meldon
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| Detailed Information for Phage Meldon | |
| Discovery Information | |
| Isolation Host | Mycobacterium smegmatis mc²155 |
| Found By | Mella Strand and Brandon Oster-Wickstrom |
| Year Found | 2024 |
| Location Found | Boulder, CO United States of America |
| Finding Institution | University of Colorado Boulder |
| Program | Science Education Alliance-Phage Hunters Advancing Genomics and Evolutionary Science |
| From enriched soil sample? | Yes |
| Isolation Temperature | 3°C |
| GPS Coordinates | 40.00334 N, 105.2784 W Map |
| Discovery Notes | The soil sample collected for the isolation of our mycobacteriophage was found under a tree outisde of the Pi Beta Phi sorority house at the University of Colorado Boulder. The sample was collected on 1/23/24 at 10:08 pm. |
| Naming Notes | The name Meldon comes from the combination of the first names of the two scientists who discovered the phage. Mella and Brandon. |
| 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 plaques for the isolated mycobacteriophage displayed a temperate morphology due to the turbid halo rings around each plaque. The plaques were approximately 3mm in size, which was uniform across all visible plaques. |
| Morphotype | Siphoviridae |
| Has been Phamerated? | No |
| Publication Info | |
| Uploaded to GenBank? | No |
| GenBank Accession | None yet |
| Refseq Number | None yet |
| Archiving Info | |
| Archiving status | Not in Pitt Archives |
| SEA Lysate Titer | 8.1x10^8 pfu/mL |
| Available Files | |
| Plaque Picture | Download |
| Restriction Digest Picture | Download |
| EM Picture | Download |
