Mycobacterium phage PRex
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Detailed Information for Phage PRex
Discovery Information
Isolation HostMycobacterium smegmatis mc²155
Found ByTK Coody and Mason Trieu
Year Found2012
Location FoundBoulder, CO USA
Finding InstitutionUniversity of Colorado Boulder
ProgramScience Education Alliance-Phage Hunters Advancing Genomics and Evolutionary Science
From enriched soil sample?Yes
Isolation TemperatureNot entered
GPS Coordinates40.008706 N, 105.268828 W Map
Discovery Notes9/10/12, 30?C
Outside of Muenzinger psychology
Near bushes and trees, in a flower bed away from foot traffic.Dry soil, with a mulch cover away from foot traffic.
Naming NotesWe named our phage P.Rex because due to the large size of its plaques and large amount of plaques lead us to believe it was "eating" phage like a tyrannosaurus rex! And that is how a normal phage was given the amazing name of P.Rex.
Sequencing Information
Sequencing Complete?No
Genome length (bp)Unknown
Character of genome endsUnknown
Fasta file available?No
Characterization
ClusterUnclustered
Subcluster--
Annotating InstitutionUnknown or unassigned
Annotation StatusNot sequenced
Plaque Notes5-7mm
Cloudy, clumping of cells around edge of plaques
48 hours incubation time 37?C
MorphotypeSiphoviridae
Has been Phamerated?No
Publication Info
Uploaded to GenBank?No
GenBank AccessionNone yet
Refseq NumberNone yet
Archiving Info
Archiving status Archived
SEA Lysate Titer 1.90e10
Date of SEA Lysate Titering Oct 31, 2012
Pitt Freezer Box# 40
Pitt Freezer Box Grid# 52
Available Files
Plaque PictureDownload
Restriction Digest PictureDownload
EM PictureDownload