Microbacterium phage Mentos
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| Detailed Information for Phage Mentos | |
| Discovery Information | |
| Isolation Host | Microbacterium foliorum NRRL B-24224 |
| Found By | Brooke Wheeler |
| Year Found | 2024 |
| Location Found | Pocatello, ID United States |
| Finding Institution | Idaho State University |
| Program | Science Education Alliance-Phage Hunters Advancing Genomics and Evolutionary Science |
| From enriched soil sample? | No |
| Isolation Temperature | 30°C |
| GPS Coordinates | 42.901111 N, 112.396111 W Map |
| Discovery Notes | Found in the soil by a mint bush on 08/27/24 by Megan Allgood. Temperature was 11 degrees Celsius. The soil was moist and there was very little grass collected with the sample. The phage was isolated, purified, and analyzed by Brooke Wheeler. |
| Naming Notes | Because the soil was collected under a mint bush, the phage was named "Mentos" after the minty candy. |
| 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 | Small, pinprick, lytic colonies. |
| 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 |
| Available Files | |
| Plaque Picture | Download |
