Mycobacterium phage Mortcellus
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Detailed Information for Phage Mortcellus
Discovery Information
Isolation HostMycobacterium smegmatis mc²155
Found ByMary Owen
Year Found2015
Location FoundOxford, OH USA
Finding InstitutionMiami University
ProgramScience Education Alliance-Phage Hunters Advancing Genomics and Evolutionary Science
From enriched soil sample?Yes
Isolation TemperatureNot entered
GPS Coordinates39.511389 N, 84.738056 W Map
Discovery NotesI found the sample within a foot of a sidewalk underneath decomposing leaves within a wooded area. The soil was damp and came from the surface layer.
Naming NotesI combined two Latin words "mortem" meaning death and "cella" meaning room (an early word for a microscopic organism such as a cell) to loosely translate into 'death cell'
Sequencing Information
Sequencing Complete?Yes
Date Sequencing CompletedJan 14, 2016
Sequencing FacilityPittsburgh Bacteriophage Institute
Shotgun Sequencing MethodIllumina
Sequencer UsedIllumina MiSeq
Read TypeSingle-end reads
Read Length150 bp
Approximate Shotgun Coverage1232
Genome length (bp)69800
Character of genome endsCircularly Permuted
GC Content67.5%
Fasta file available?Yes: Download fasta file
Characterization
ClusterB
SubclusterB3
Cluster Life CycleLytic
Other Cluster Members
Annotating InstitutionMiami University
Annotation StatusIn GenBank
Plaque NotesThe morphology of Mortcellus' plaques are pinprick in size and lysogenic in nature.
MorphotypeSiphoviridae
Number of Genes103
Number of tRNAs0
Number of tmRNAs0
Has been Phamerated?Yes
Gene List
Submitted Annotation in DNA Master FormatDownload
Submitted Minimal DNA Master FileDownload
Author ListDownload
Annotation Cover SheetDownload
Publication Info
Uploaded to GenBank?Yes
GenBank AccessionMH316565
Refseq NumberNone yet
Archiving Info
Archiving status Archived
SEA Lysate Titer 5.56*10^9 pfu
Date of SEA Lysate Titering Oct 28, 2015
Pitt Freezer Box# 24
Pitt Freezer Box Grid# F6
Available Files
Plaque PictureDownload
Restriction Digest PictureDownload
EM PictureDownload
GenBank File for PhameratorDownload