Mycobacterium phage Okooko
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| Detailed Information for Phage Okooko | |
| Discovery Information | |
| Isolation Host | Mycobacterium smegmatis mc²155 |
| Found By | Ijeoma Meremikwu |
| Year Found | 2018 |
| Location Found | Providence, RI USA |
| Finding Institution | Brown University |
| Program | Science Education Alliance-Phage Hunters Advancing Genomics and Evolutionary Science |
| From enriched soil sample? | Yes |
| Isolation Temperature | 19°C |
| GPS Coordinates | 41.832235 N, 71.393187 W Map |
| Discovery Notes | Found the soil sample in a planter filled with vibrant flowers. Planter is found on the terrace of East Andrews Hall of Brown University. The planter contained orange peels and had bees on top of flowers. The soil was damp with dead twigs and leaves. |
| Naming Notes | Because I found this bacteriophage near vibrant flowers, I wanted to name Okooko, due to the fact that Okooko means "flowers" in Igbo. |
| Sequencing Information | |
| Sequencing Complete? | No |
| Genome length (bp) | Unknown |
| Character of genome ends | Unknown |
| Fasta file available? | No |
| Characterization | |
| Cluster | B |
| Subcluster | B1 |
| Cluster Life Cycle | Lytic |
| Annotating Institution | Unknown or unassigned |
| Annotation Status | Not sequenced |
| Plaque Notes | The plaque had cloudiness on the edges but was clearer through the middle of the plaque. |
| 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 | |
| EM Picture | Download |