Microbacterium phage Myrmidon
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| Detailed Information for Phage Myrmidon | |
| Discovery Information | |
| Isolation Host | Microbacterium foliorum NRRL B-24224 |
| Found By | Sahil Langote |
| Year Found | 2023 |
| Location Found | Cleveland, OH United States |
| Finding Institution | Case Western Reserve University |
| Program | Science Education Alliance-Phage Hunters Advancing Genomics and Evolutionary Science |
| From enriched soil sample? | No |
| Isolation Temperature | 20°C |
| GPS Coordinates | 41.504 N, 81.6076 W Map |
| Discovery Notes | Sample was from the soil under a brick that was overturned. Numerous insect life and worms were found underneath. After adding growth media to soil sample, 2 earthworms, 3 small white worms, and a pillbug emerged from the soil and drowned in the media. They were not deliberately added to the sample. |
| Naming Notes | The soldiers of Achilles, the myrmidons were an army transformed from the remaining ant population of his island after the humans were eradicated by a plague from Hera. Phages convert matter from bacteria into more phages, comparable to how the ants were turned into soldiers. |
| 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 | 0.5 cm plaque, cloudy eggshell color (M. foliorum bacterial lawn is yellow when phages are absent). |
| 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# | 185 |
| Pitt Freezer Box Grid# | E10 |
| Available Files | |
| Plaque Picture | Download |
