Mycobacterium phage RatGourmand
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| Detailed Information for Phage RatGourmand | |
| Discovery Information | |
| Isolation Host | Mycobacterium smegmatis mc²155 |
| Former names | Ratsmackers |
| Found By | Taiana James |
| Year Found | 2020 |
| Location Found | Williamsburg, VA USA |
| Finding Institution | College of William & Mary |
| Program | Science Education Alliance-Phage Hunters Advancing Genomics and Evolutionary Science |
| From enriched soil sample? | Yes |
| Isolation Temperature | Not entered |
| GPS Coordinates | 37.28307 N, 76.6644 W Map |
| Discovery Notes | Found close to nearby apartments close to campus. |
| Naming Notes | I named my phage "Ratsmackers" because of the electron microscope pictures, the phage looks like a computer mouse, and from there I began thinking of mice and animals like a mouse, so the word "rat" stuck out to me. Then the second part of the name "smackers" came from my experience in the lab itself. The phage would often eat through most of the bacterial lawn which got me thinking of a person physically eating food - like smacking one's lips - or smackers for short. The name has since been changed to "RatGourmand" to keep the same spirit of the original name but has been changed for potential vulgarity. |
| 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 |
| Has been Phamerated? | No |
| Publication Info | |
| Uploaded to GenBank? | No |
| GenBank Accession | None yet |
| Refseq Number | None yet |
| Archiving Info | |
| Archiving status | Archived |
| Pitt Freezer Box# | 121 |
| Pitt Freezer Box Grid# | C4 |
| Available Files | |
| Plaque Picture | Download |
| EM Picture | Download |
