Mycobacterium phage Procella
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Detailed Information for Phage Procella | |
Discovery Information | |
Isolation Host | Mycobacterium smegmatis mc²155 |
Found By | Abigail Atkinson |
Year Found | 2015 |
Location Found | Providence, RI USA |
Finding Institution | Brown University |
Program | Science Education Alliance-Phage Hunters Advancing Genomics and Evolutionary Science |
From enriched soil sample? | Yes |
Isolation Temperature | Not entered |
GPS Coordinates | 41.829722 N, 71.40235 W Map |
Discovery Notes | Found under tree on September 10, 2015. Tree is located outside of Andrews Commons at Brown University. In slightly damp soil, light rain, taken from within 3 centimeters of surface. Urban environment, six meters from nearest building, about a meter from nearest sidewalk. Signs of mulch. |
Naming Notes | "Procella" means tempest, storm, or hurricane in latin. Phage plaques are circular with center clearing and turbid outer ring, resembling a hurricane. |
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 | Phage has two size ranges. "Small" are typically 1-2 mm in diameter, turbid, but with little sign of center clearing. "Large" are typically 3-6 mm in diameter, with turbid outer ring and inner clearing. Size seems to be linked at least partially to incubation time. |
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 |
Available Files | |
Plaque Picture | Download |
Restriction Digest Picture | Download |
EM Picture | Download |