Mycobacterium phage MrChestnut
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| Detailed Information for Phage MrChestnut | |
| Discovery Information | |
| Isolation Host | Mycobacterium smegmatis mc²155 |
| Found By | Logan Trautman, Carter Wittler |
| Year Found | 2024 |
| Location Found | Spokane, WA United States |
| Finding Institution | Gonzaga University |
| Program | Science Education Alliance-Phage Hunters Advancing Genomics and Evolutionary Science |
| From enriched soil sample? | Yes |
| Isolation Temperature | 22°C |
| GPS Coordinates | 47.66722 N, 117.40381 W Map |
| Discovery Notes | From a flower bed with moist soil. About ½ an inch from the top. It was during a warm part of the summer around 80-90 degrees F that week. |
| Naming Notes | We named our phage MrChestnut because Joey Chestnut is a professional competitive eater and our phage "eats" bacteria. |
| 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 | The tail of our phage is 210 nm while the head is 54 nm. The head is wider then it is long. |
| 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 |
| EM Picture | Download |
