Mycobacterium phage PickleRick
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| Detailed Information for Phage PickleRick | |
| Discovery Information | |
| Isolation Host | Mycobacterium smegmatis mc²155 |
| Found By | David Broytman and Julie Nguyen |
| Year Found | 2017 |
| Location Found | Philadelphia, PA USA |
| 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? | Yes |
| Isolation Temperature | Not entered |
| GPS Coordinates | 39.94655 N, 75.20862 W Map |
| Discovery Notes | The soil used was moist at a depth of 12.28 cm. It was in an urban area, close to the Philadelphia College of Pharmacy, next to a sidewalk on a flower garden with no slope. The soil was collected on 9/12/2017 at 6:52 PM at 23 degrees Celsius. |
| Naming Notes | The phage looked like a pickle. The name PickleRick stems from a popular and renowned image circulating social media of a man who was transformed into a pickle. |
| 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 | The plaques are completely clear and approximately 3 mm in diameter. |
| 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# | 47 |
| Pitt Freezer Box Grid# | D10 |
| Available Files | |
| Plaque Picture | Download |
| Restriction Digest Picture | Download |
| EM Picture | Download |
