Mycobacterium phage PizzaBurn
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| Detailed Information for Phage PizzaBurn | |
| Discovery Information | |
| Isolation Host | Mycobacterium smegmatis mc²155 |
| Found By | Ainsley Nelson & Sally Blakely |
| Year Found | 2024 |
| Location Found | Missoula, MT United States |
| Finding Institution | Gonzaga University |
| Program | Science Education Alliance-Phage Hunters Advancing Genomics and Evolutionary Science |
| From enriched soil sample? | Yes |
| Isolation Temperature | 22°C |
| GPS Coordinates | 46.85344 N, 113.9927 W Map |
| Discovery Notes | Sally Blakely collected our soil sample in early January. She dug into her backyard in Missoula Montana in -20 degree Fahrenheit temperature. |
| Naming Notes | Sally and Ainsley had a hard time figuring out what to name their phage until they had a conversation with their teacher about burns. Both Sally and their professor have a similar burn on their hand from making pizza. So, it seemed fitting to name their phage PizzaBurn. |
| 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 | PizzaBurn has a small translucent center, meaning the center is where all the bacteria has been completely killed. It has a thicker, cloudier ring surrounding the center and very thin darker ring on the outside. Not a lot of isolated plaques. |
| 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# | 193 |
| Pitt Freezer Box Grid# | C9 |
| Available Files | |
| Plaque Picture | Download |
| Restriction Digest Picture | Download |
| EM Picture | Download |
