Mycobacterium phage Orcus
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| Detailed Information for Phage Orcus | |
| Discovery Information | |
| Isolation Host | Mycobacterium smegmatis mc²155 |
| Found By | Tiffany Phan and Tess McKinney |
| Year Found | 2019 |
| Location Found | Boulder, CO United States |
| Finding Institution | University of Colorado Boulder |
| Program | Science Education Alliance-Phage Hunters Advancing Genomics and Evolutionary Science |
| From enriched soil sample? | Yes |
| Isolation Temperature | 23°C |
| GPS Coordinates | 40.0086 N, 105.2679 W Map |
| Discovery Notes | Found outside of Muenzinger Auditorium at the University of Colorado at Boulder! |
| Naming Notes | Original name for phage was Hades, but it was already taken, so we named the phage Orcus, which comes from Latin name for Hades. |
| Sequencing Information | |
| Sequencing Complete? | No |
| Genome length (bp) | Unknown |
| Character of genome ends | Unknown |
| Fasta file available? | No |
| Characterization | |
| Cluster | Unclustered |
| Subcluster | -- |
| Lysogeny Notes | This phage is a temperate phage. |
| Annotating Institution | Unknown or unassigned |
| Annotation Status | Not sequenced |
| Plaque Notes | Approximately 3-5mm in diameter plaques, large and turbid. |
| Morphotype | Siphoviridae |
| Has been Phamerated? | No |
| Publication Info | |
| Uploaded to GenBank? | No |
| GenBank Accession | None yet |
| Refseq Number | None yet |
| Archiving Info | |
| Archiving status | Archived |
| SEA Lysate Titer | 5.5 x 10^11 pfu/mL |
| Pitt Freezer Box# | 123 |
| Pitt Freezer Box Grid# | F3 |
| Available Files | |
| Plaque Picture | Download |
| Restriction Digest Picture | Download |
| EM Picture | Download |
