Microbacterium phage Merida02
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| Detailed Information for Phage Merida02 | |
| Discovery Information | |
| Isolation Host | Microbacterium foliorum NRRL B-24224 |
| Found By | Ainsley Becker and Katie Hua |
| Year Found | 2025 |
| Location Found | PHILADELPHIA, PA United States |
| Finding Institution | Drexel University |
| Program | Science Education Alliance-Phage Hunters Advancing Genomics and Evolutionary Science |
| From enriched soil sample? | Yes |
| Isolation Temperature | 30°C |
| GPS Coordinates | 39.95443 N, 75.18882 W Map |
| Discovery Notes | Sample collected from a grass lawn shaded by a leafy plant. Location is next to Drexel University's Constantine N. Papadakis Integrated Sciences Building (PISB). Date was October 6, 2025 and time was 12:07 PM ET. The outside temperature during collection was approximately 27°C. Sample made up of mainly organic matter. |
| Naming Notes | Morhpology was bullseye, so Merida comes from a Disney character who shoots arrows, and 02 refers to the sample collected being our second. |
| 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 | Medium size (3mm) with a bullseye straight down the middle with a cloudy outer ring. As purification proceeded, plaques grew (to 5mm), bullseye clearing expanded from 1mm to 2mm, and the cloudy outer ring shrank. Both clear and turbid margins, with the clear center being clear and the outer ring being turbid. |
| 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 |
