Mycobacterium phage Moviepopcorn
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| Detailed Information for Phage Moviepopcorn | |
| Discovery Information | |
| Isolation Host | Mycobacterium smegmatis mc²155 |
| Found By | Hannah Kurncz |
| Year Found | 2021 |
| Location Found | DeWitt, MI United States |
| Finding Institution | Hope College |
| Program | Science Education Alliance-Phage Hunters Advancing Genomics and Evolutionary Science |
| From enriched soil sample? | Yes |
| Isolation Temperature | 37°C |
| GPS Coordinates | 42.873872 N, 84.594248 W Map |
| Discovery Notes | Sample was collected on August 27th, 2021 at 8:29 am. Outside air temperature was 72°F. Soil was collected on a morning following several days of hot weather and little rain. Sample was taken from marsh area immediately surrounding a man made pond. Cattails and other vegetation was present at extraction site. Sample was collected from 5 cm below the surface. Extraction site receives low levels of indirect sunlight. Sample had a very high moisture content, was damp to the touch and displayed characteristics similar to wet clay. |
| Naming Notes | This phage was named Moviepopcorn because movie theater popcorn is my favorite snack. I decided to name my phage Moviepopcorn in order to honor this tasty snack. |
| 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 | As seen in the plaque picture, Moviepopcorn is very turbid. By the eye, it can only be seen when held up to the light. It is a circular shape with well defined edges. Following incubation at 32°C, plaques appear, small, turbid and have defined edges. It is estimated that each plaque has an average diameter of 1.5 mm. |
| 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# | 134 |
| Pitt Freezer Box Grid# | G7 |
| Available Files | |
| Plaque Picture | Download |
| Restriction Digest Picture | Download |
