Microbacterium phage Nekobasu
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| Detailed Information for Phage Nekobasu | |
| Discovery Information | |
| Isolation Host | Microbacterium foliorum NRRL B-24224 |
| Found By | Dale Victor Glova, Samuel Hawk |
| Year Found | 2018 |
| Location Found | Philadelphia, PA USA |
| Finding Institution | Drexel University |
| Program | Science Education Alliance-Phage Hunters Advancing Genomics and Evolutionary Science |
| From enriched soil sample? | Yes |
| Isolation Temperature | 30°C |
| GPS Coordinates | 39.959214 N, 75.190287 W Map |
| Discovery Notes | The soil sample that contained the phage was collected from a small patch of slightly damp dirt located next to a walkway adjacent to Kelly Hall, one of Drexel University's freshman dorms. |
| Naming Notes | In the Japanese animated film "My Neighbor Totoro," Catbus (Japanese name: Nekobasu) is, as described by Wikipedia, "a large creature, depicted as a grinning, twelve legged cat with a hollow body that serves as a bus, complete with windows and seats coated with fur, and a large, bushy tail." In the film, Nekobasu serves as a deus ex machina that saves the main characters. This parallels the role that Nekobasu the phage played in the lives of the students that found it. Despite the numerous mistakes surrounding its isolation, amplification, and characterization, Nekobasu the phage hung in there and saved its discoverers from the ever-present danger of true experimental failure. |
| 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 | Average plaque size is 2mm. Borders are slightly hazy, which suggests that the phage is lysogenic. |
| 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# | 82 |
| Pitt Freezer Box Grid# | A5 |
| Available Files | |
| Plaque Picture | Download |
