Mycobacterium phage RatIE
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| Detailed Information for Phage RatIE | |
| Discovery Information | |
| Isolation Host | Mycobacterium smegmatis mc²155 |
| Found By | Ibtihal Elfaki |
| Year Found | 2014 |
| Location Found | Providence, RI USA |
| Finding Institution | Brown University |
| Program | Science Education Alliance-Phage Hunters Advancing Genomics and Evolutionary Science |
| From enriched soil sample? | Unknown |
| Isolation Temperature | Not entered |
| GPS Coordinates | 41.8 N, 71.4 W Map |
| Discovery Notes | The sample of soil was taken after rainfall. The soil was damp. There was a drain nearby the site of discovery. |
| Naming Notes | The name comes from the building the soil sample was taken from, the Sharpe Refractory, which is affectionately nicknamed the "Ratty". It is spelled RatIE with an "IE" because those are the initials of the discoverer. |
| 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 were consistently cloudy suggesting a temperate phage. The plaques were also relatively large when compared to the sizes of the others in the class. |
| 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 | 2.6*10^9 |
| Date of SEA Lysate Titering | Oct 22, 2014 |
| Pitt Freezer Box# | 11 |
| Pitt Freezer Box Grid# | F10 |