Mycobacterium phage PercyJackson
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| Detailed Information for Phage PercyJackson | |
| Discovery Information | |
| Isolation Host | Mycobacterium smegmatis mc²155 |
| Found By | Julia Beisel and Jathin Desan |
| Year Found | 2021 |
| Location Found | Philadelphia, PA United States |
| Finding Institution | University of the Sciences (now St. Joseph's Univ) |
| Program | Science Education Alliance-Phage Hunters Advancing Genomics and Evolutionary Science |
| From enriched soil sample? | No |
| Isolation Temperature | 71°C |
| GPS Coordinates | 39.986216 N, 75.107 W Map |
| Discovery Notes | Date of Sample Collection: 9/02/2021 Time: 8:00 AM Depth: 12.7 centimeters (5 inches) Moisture Content: Moist Other Defining Information: The sample "Yard Soil" from which PercyJackson was derived was obtained from a three-foot-deep planter box that contains years-old potting soil. The sample was in close proximity to a variety of unidentified yard plants, was riddled with snails, and was still moist from a previous rain. Outside of plant life, snails, birds, and squirrels, the soil was undisturbed. |
| Naming Notes | Jathin and Julia named their phage PercyJackson because: A. As of 11/7/2021, there are more phage named after Justin Bieber than Percy Jackson. That's a crime against humanity. B. See above. C. Jathin and Julia are demigods. 'nuff said. |
| 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 | PercyJackson forms 0.5-0.10cm round cloudy plaques, suggesting that this is a temperate phage which can integrate its genome into that of mycobacterium smegmatis mc²155, entering the lysogenic cycle (which is pretty Hoover Dam cool). |
| 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 | 1.42 x 10^8 pfu/mL |
| Pitt Freezer Box# | 136 |
| Pitt Freezer Box Grid# | B3 |