Mycobacterium phage Palutena
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| Detailed Information for Phage Palutena | |
| Discovery Information | |
| Isolation Host | Mycobacterium smegmatis mc²155 |
| Found By | Kylie Tseng |
| Year Found | 2022 |
| Location Found | Los Angeles, CA US |
| Finding Institution | University of California, Los Angeles |
| Program | Science Education Alliance-Phage Hunters Advancing Genomics and Evolutionary Science |
| From enriched soil sample? | No |
| Isolation Temperature | 35°C |
| GPS Coordinates | 34.06202 N, 118.29652 W Map |
| Discovery Notes | AL Quarter and Lab section: F22-1A Instructor: Tejas Bouklas Teaching Assistant: Michelle Zorawik Undergraduate Assistant(s): Josh Perez, Pearl Doan Team #1 Name: Plaquestreet Boiz Team #1 Members: Kylie Tseng, Jenna Rheinhardt, Alexis Arredondo, Preyasi Kumar Team #2 Name: The Out-Phage-ous Four Team #2 Members: Mattie Melnyk, Sarah Aunger, Knar Geghamyan, Mackenzie Fernandez |
| Naming Notes | The plaques created by this phage had haloes in the direct isolation and all purifications following. Palutena is a character from a video game who is the goddess of Angel Land, so the name seemed fitting for a phage that created plaques with halo morphologies. |
| 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 | Halos with turbid margins and clear centers 3 mm to 6 mm in diameter (usually about 5 mm) |
| 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 |
| Pitt Freezer Box# | 155 |
| Pitt Freezer Box Grid# | H9 |