Mycobacterium phage Pluton
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| Detailed Information for Phage Pluton | |
| Discovery Information | |
| Isolation Host | Mycobacterium smegmatis mc²155 |
| Found By | Taylor Acia |
| Year Found | 2024 |
| Location Found | Bowling Green, KY United States |
| Finding Institution | Western Kentucky University |
| Program | Science Education Alliance-Phage Hunters Advancing Genomics and Evolutionary Science |
| From enriched soil sample? | Yes |
| Isolation Temperature | 30°C |
| GPS Coordinates | 36.931846 N, 86.479668 W Map |
| Discovery Notes | The soil sample was from an old goat pen at a dressage barn I work at. The soil was dark and loose, and was collected roughly 2 inches deep. It was a sunny day with a temperature of 81 degrees Fahrenheit. |
| Naming Notes | The phage is named after one of the goats who used to inhabit the sample location, a brown boer named Pluto. |
| Sequencing Information | |
| Sequencing Complete? | No |
| Genome length (bp) | Unknown |
| Character of genome ends | Unknown |
| Fasta file available? | No |
| Characterization | |
| Cluster | Unclustered |
| Subcluster | -- |
| Lysogeny Notes | While my phage did have turbid plaques, the lysogeny experiment showed plaques on the plate which means that my phage is unstable. |
| Annotating Institution | Unknown or unassigned |
| Annotation Status | Not sequenced |
| Plaque Notes | The plaques were turbid circles roughly 1cm wide. |
| Morphotype | Siphoviridae |
| 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 |
| SEA Lysate Titer | 10^8 |
| Available Files | |
| Plaque Picture | Download |
| Restriction Digest Picture | Download |
| EM Picture | Download |
