Microbacterium phage Raptus
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| Detailed Information for Phage Raptus | |
| Discovery Information | |
| Isolation Host | Microbacterium foliorum NRRL B-24224 |
| Found By | Lola sibaud & Faith Johnson |
| Year Found | 2019 |
| Location Found | Moorhead, MN United States |
| Finding Institution | Minnesota State University Moorhead |
| Program | Science Education Alliance-Phage Hunters Advancing Genomics and Evolutionary Science |
| From enriched soil sample? | No |
| Isolation Temperature | 12°C |
| GPS Coordinates | 46.867199 N, 96.761221 W Map |
| Discovery Notes | The soil we took our sample from was slightly wet, and it was taken around 2 inches deep in the ground. |
| Naming Notes | Raptus is the scientific name of the species of the alien in the movie Alien. We noticed that the aliens in the movie infected humans the same way phages affect bacteria. |
| 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 | The plaques are really small (around 3mm diameter). The edges are smooth and they are rather cloudy. |
| 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 |