Mycobacterium phage Pmeister
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| Detailed Information for Phage Pmeister | |
| Discovery Information | |
| Isolation Host | Mycobacterium smegmatis mc²155 |
| Found By | Kevin Shen |
| Year Found | 2015 |
| Location Found | Baltimore, VA USA |
| Finding Institution | Johns Hopkins University |
| Program | Science Education Alliance-Phage Hunters Advancing Genomics and Evolutionary Science |
| From enriched soil sample? | Yes |
| Isolation Temperature | Not entered |
| GPS Coordinates | Unavailable |
| Discovery Notes | Discovery date: 9/14/15 Soil sample: Moist, top soil Environment: Humid, overcast Temperature: 85 degrees Fahrenheit |
| Naming Notes | Just like in the infamous Stiffmeister from the American Pie series, this phage "Pmeister" enjoys asserting dominance over all other being, in this case bacteria, by lysing m.smeg even until diluted conditions. |
| 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 | Lysogenic phages Tail: 321 nm Capsid: 62.1 nm |
| 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 |
| SEA Lysate Titer | 1.2 x 10^8 pfu/mL |
| Pitt Freezer Box# | 71 |
| Pitt Freezer Box Grid# | E2 |