Mycobacterium phage Phenyl
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| Detailed Information for Phage Phenyl | |
| Discovery Information | |
| Isolation Host | Mycobacterium smegmatis mc²155 |
| Found By | Kushi Ranganath |
| Year Found | 2015 |
| Location Found | Baltimore, MD USA |
| Finding Institution | Johns Hopkins University |
| Program | Science Education Alliance-Phage Hunters Advancing Genomics and Evolutionary Science |
| From enriched soil sample? | Yes |
| Isolation Temperature | Not entered |
| GPS Coordinates | 39.331862 N, 76.619785 W Map |
| Discovery Notes | - Collected on 08/31/2015 at 10:40 AM on the Johns Hopkins University Undergraduate Campus - Temperature: 82 F - Phage collection site was close to brick footpath (and therefore foot traffic), cement, small green shrubs, and trees and in direct sunlight - Soil was completely dry and sample was collected 2 cm from the top of the soil - There was no particular reason for choosing this collection site |
| Naming Notes | When the phage morphology was examined during electron microscopy, the phage head resembled a hexagon. The head diameter and tail length were approximately 60 nm and 200 nm, respectively. The phage appeared similar to the molecular structure of a phenyl group (a 6-carbon hexagonal ring with 3 double bonds in resonance) attached to a long carbon chain. As a result, the phage was named Phenyl. |
| 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 | This bacteriophage creates small, very clear/transparent, circular plaques. Also, the boundary (the outer rim) of the plaque is very clear (not cloudy). No evidence of any "mesa" within the clearing. |
| 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 | 2.5 x 10^10 pfu/ml |
| Date of SEA Lysate Titering | Oct 15, 2015 |
| Pitt Freezer Box# | 71 |
| Pitt Freezer Box Grid# | D12 |
| Available Files | |
| Plaque Picture | Download |
| EM Picture | Download |