Mycobacterium phage MrWest
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| Detailed Information for Phage MrWest | |
| Discovery Information | |
| Isolation Host | Mycobacterium smegmatis mc²155 |
| Found By | Michael Bucks |
| Year Found | 2023 |
| Location Found | Bowling Green, KY United States |
| 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 | 36.98538 N, 86.4558 W Map |
| Discovery Notes | Found next to the POD market in the heart of WKU, found at the base of a tree outside of the entrance of the store. Compact soil, taken right next to the roots of the tree. |
| Naming Notes | Named after an artist I like to listen to. Other forms of the name were taken. Also, it has a big head, like the artist. |
| Sequencing Information | |
| Sequencing Complete? | No |
| Genome length (bp) | Unknown |
| Character of genome ends | Unknown |
| Fasta file available? | No |
| Characterization | |
| Cluster | Unclustered |
| Subcluster | -- |
| Lysogeny Notes | Lysogenic, but mutated in the plates to have lytic particles. These lytic particles are now common and show up in almost every plate with the lysogenic phage. Seems to incubate better at 37C. |
| Annotating Institution | Unknown or unassigned |
| Annotation Status | Not sequenced |
| Plaque Notes | Plaques are around .4-.5mm in diameter. Plaques started as turbid, lysogenic plaques but mutated and now there are both turbid lysogens and clear lytic plaques. |
| 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 | 1.84 x 10^10/mL |
| Available Files | |
| Plaque Picture | Download |
| Restriction Digest Picture | Download |
| EM Picture | Download |
