Mycobacterium phage Mephusaleh
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| Detailed Information for Phage Mephusaleh | |
| Discovery Information | |
| Isolation Host | Mycobacterium smegmatis mc²155 |
| Found By | Bella Galantino & Mike Appel |
| Year Found | 2017 |
| Location Found | Philadelphia, PA USA |
| Finding Institution | University of the Sciences (now St. Joseph's Univ) |
| Program | Science Education Alliance-Phage Hunters Advancing Genomics and Evolutionary Science |
| From enriched soil sample? | No |
| Isolation Temperature | Not entered |
| GPS Coordinates | 39.9468 N, 75.2071 W Map |
| Discovery Notes | We isolated our phage from a butterfly garden on the campus of University of the Sciences in Philadelphia. This was a direct isolation. We used several samples of this soil and eventually isolated our phage. The soil was wet with plants growing and butterfly cocoons. |
| Naming Notes | We named our phage based off of "methusaleh" in the monarch butterfly's journey and life cycle. The "methusaleh generation" heads south for the winter to hibernate. |
| Sequencing Information | |
| Sequencing Complete? | No |
| Sequencing Facility | University of Pennsylvania DNA Sequencing Facility |
| 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 are siphoviridae with long tails. In our 10^-5 plate, the plaques are in a shooting star motion with circles. The plaques are darker in the middle and turbid with fading out into the outside of the plate. |
| 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# | 47 |
| Pitt Freezer Box Grid# | D3 |
| Available Files | |
| Plaque Picture | Download |
| Restriction Digest Picture | Download |
| EM Picture | Download |
