Mycobacterium phage OedipusRex
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| Detailed Information for Phage OedipusRex | |
| Discovery Information | |
| Isolation Host | Mycobacterium smegmatis mc²155 |
| Found By | Amanda E. Maldonado |
| Year Found | 2017 |
| Location Found | Baltimore, MD USA |
| Finding Institution | Johns Hopkins University |
| Program | Science Education Alliance-Phage Hunters Advancing Genomics and Evolutionary Science |
| From enriched soil sample? | Yes |
| Isolation Temperature | Not entered |
| GPS Coordinates | 39.0 N, 76.0 W Map |
| Discovery Notes | Phage collected from soil where tomoates were growing; some tomoates fell from branches onto the soil. Dug about two inches into the soil with a plastic spoon then scooped sample into testtube labelled: Sample O. Thin, small roots entwined in soil. Surroundings:29 degrees celsius, 15% precipitation, 49% humidity, 16 km/h wind, partly cloudy |
| Naming Notes | Oedipus Rex is the name of an Athenian tragedy by Sophocles. It is the story of a man whose great high in life becomes a shattering low once a long hidden secret becomes revealed. Similarly, my phage isolation and purification process was going great, until a new phage morphology appeared, suggesting a contaminated lysate. This discovery led to additional weeks of purification in an effort to once again isolate my original phage, which was eventually accomplished. |
| 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 plauqes are relatively small, about 0.15 cm in diamter. The EM revealed a long tail with a smaller head. Dilutions showed a consistency of small, round plaques. |
| 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# | 70 |
| Pitt Freezer Box Grid# | H11 |
| Available Files | |
| Plaque Picture | Download |
| EM Picture | Download |