Microbacterium phage OlBullseye
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| Detailed Information for Phage OlBullseye | |
| Discovery Information | |
| Isolation Host | Microbacterium foliorum NRRL B-24224 |
| Found By | Shlok Parekh Valeria Silva Sneha Rathor Sam Levy |
| Year Found | 2025 |
| Location Found | Amherst, MA USA |
| Finding Institution | University of Massachusetts Amherst |
| Program | Science Education Alliance-Phage Hunters Advancing Genomics and Evolutionary Science |
| From enriched soil sample? | No |
| Isolation Temperature | 30°C |
| GPS Coordinates | 42.395227 N, 72.525245 W Map |
| Discovery Notes | Sample was obtained outside Dwight Hall in Northeast Residential Area. 5 feet away from the building, in a grassy patch, behind a bike rack. The layer of grass was peeled away using a metal fork and then soil was collected into a sandwich bag labeled SSP01. The soil was a moist, but away from snow, the area was not very muddy but it had a rotten tomato near it. |
| Naming Notes | The name "OlBullseye" is inspired by the morphology of the plaque. Ol stand for old, describing the shape of the plaque because is clear as and forms an O. Bullseye provides an accurate description of the appliance of our plaque. Hence the name, "OlBullseye". |
| 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 | Small plaques, 1 mm across, visible through the agar plate in both directions, bullseye shape with clear edges, well-isolated, and nearly identical morphology. |
| 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 |