Mycobacterium phage Phortitude
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| Detailed Information for Phage Phortitude | |
| Discovery Information | |
| Isolation Host | Mycobacterium smegmatis mc²155 |
| Found By | Krista Andersen, Joseph Bowen, Venecia Clayton |
| Year Found | 2020 |
| Location Found | Longview, TX United States |
| Finding Institution | LeTourneau University |
| Program | Science Education Alliance-Phage Hunters Advancing Genomics and Evolutionary Science |
| From enriched soil sample? | Unknown |
| Isolation Temperature | 31°C |
| GPS Coordinates | 32.4665 N, 94.725694 W Map |
| Discovery Notes | The soil sample was collected at about 4:50pm at the bottom of a steep grassy hill when it was raining slightly. There was a layer of dead leaves on the ground at the collection site, which was near several trees and bushes, with insects and roots in and around the soil sample. The 10-15 ml of collected soil, which was moist and claylike, was obtained by digging down two inches under the surface of the ground and putting the sample in a 50 ml conical tube. |
| Naming Notes | Our group of three, Krista Andersen, Joseph Bowen, and Venecia Clayton, started as three separate groups. All three of us took separate soil samples, none of which produced a successful phage. We ended up as a group together, adopting a phage from another group's plate entirely. We concluded that persevering through those changes and other issues that came up during the process of isolating this phage warranted the name "Phortitude," spelled with a "Ph-" to make it more biology themed. |
| 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 |
| 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# | 118 |
| Pitt Freezer Box Grid# | D3 |