Mycobacterium phage Morningstar
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| Detailed Information for Phage Morningstar | |
| Discovery Information | |
| Isolation Host | Mycobacterium smegmatis mc²155 |
| Found By | Tucker Wells |
| Year Found | 2023 |
| Location Found | Hopkinsville, KY United States of America |
| Finding Institution | Western Kentucky University |
| Program | Science Education Alliance-Phage Hunters Advancing Genomics and Evolutionary Science |
| From enriched soil sample? | Yes |
| Isolation Temperature | 30°C |
| GPS Coordinates | 36.85114 N, 87.56997 W Map |
| Discovery Notes | This phage was isolated from a soil sample obtained from a mound of dirt unearthed to build my house. This sample was exposed to the sun so it was very dry. The soil sample itself was very compact, similar to clay. |
| Naming Notes | The shape of bacteriophages led me to name it after the similarly shaped whip from Casltevania on the NES. |
| 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 | It's plaques are turbid in appearance. The plaques contain a halo. Certain clear plaque mutants did appear later on in the process. |
| 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 | 4.6 X 10^8 |
| Available Files | |
| Plaque Picture | Download |
| Restriction Digest Picture | Download |
| EM Picture | Download |