Mycobacterium phage OptimusPrime
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| Detailed Information for Phage OptimusPrime | |
| Discovery Information | |
| Isolation Host | Mycobacterium smegmatis mc²155 |
| Found By | Justin Rose |
| Year Found | 2012 |
| Location Found | Arkadelphia, AR USA |
| Finding Institution | Ouachita Baptist University |
| Program | Science Education Alliance-Phage Hunters Advancing Genomics and Evolutionary Science |
| From enriched soil sample? | Yes |
| Isolation Temperature | Not entered |
| GPS Coordinates | Unavailable |
| Discovery Notes | I actually borrowed this soil sample from a classmate of mine, because the soil sample I was using was not producing any potential phages. |
| Naming Notes | I named it after one of my favorite heroes, Optimus Prime. |
| Sequencing Information | |
| Sequencing Complete? | No |
| Sequencing Facility | Pittsburgh Bacteriophage Institute |
| Shotgun Sequencing Method | Sanger Sequencing |
| 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 | This particular phage produced plaques that were not super cloudy but not perfectly clear. The plaques were about 2mm in diameter and were partially cloudy. |
| 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# | 38 |
| Pitt Freezer Box Grid# | 52 |
| Available Files | |
| Plaque Picture | Download |