Microbacterium phage Plushy
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| Detailed Information for Phage Plushy | |
| Discovery Information | |
| Isolation Host | Microbacterium foliorum NRRL B-24224 |
| Found By | Zara Sheikh, Hula Khalifa, Maddie Long, DC Polanc |
| Year Found | 2025 |
| Location Found | Amherst, MA United States of America |
| Finding Institution | University of Massachusetts Amherst |
| Program | Science Education Alliance-Phage Hunters Advancing Genomics and Evolutionary Science |
| From enriched soil sample? | Unknown |
| Isolation Temperature | 30°C |
| GPS Coordinates | 42.3841 N, 72.53019 W Map |
| Discovery Notes | The soil where this phage was obtained from was found near Hampshire Dining Commons on the Mass Amherst campus. The soil was on a flower bed, the soil was covered and it was dry. |
| Naming Notes | The name of this phage came from the lab group's love for the stuffed animal type "plushy." The name was available, so the group decided on it. |
| 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 phage makes large plaques, with many of them being isolated. The average size of these plaques was about 1.2mm. Most of the plaques are pretty clear, with a few of them being cloudy, some have bullseyes, but most are actually halo. |
| Has been Phamerated? | No |
| Publication Info | |
| Uploaded to GenBank? | No |
| GenBank Accession | None yet |
| Refseq Number | None yet |
| Archiving Info | |
| Archiving status | Not in Pitt Archives |