Mycobacterium phage Mothman
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| Detailed Information for Phage Mothman | |
| Discovery Information | |
| Isolation Host | Mycobacterium smegmatis mc²155 |
| Found By | Jessica Steckelberg |
| Year Found | 2017 |
| Location Found | Ames, IA USA |
| Finding Institution | Iowa State University |
| Program | Science Education Alliance-Phage Hunters Advancing Genomics and Evolutionary Science |
| From enriched soil sample? | No |
| Isolation Temperature | Not entered |
| GPS Coordinates | 42.02756 N, 93.6486 W Map |
| Discovery Notes | Soil came from a flower pot on a college campus |
| Naming Notes | The name, Mothman, for this phage came from the idea that I would 'find' a cryptid. I chose Mothman specifically because of an inside joke "Mothman did Chernobyl" with some friends. |
| Sequencing Information | |
| Sequencing Complete? | No |
| Sequencing Facility | Pittsburgh Bacteriophage Institute |
| 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 about medium sized and fairly turbid. They aren't perfectly circular |
| 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# | 73 |
| Pitt Freezer Box Grid# | D7 |
| Available Files | |
| Restriction Digest Picture | Download |
| EM Picture | Download |