Mycobacterium phage Reaper
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| Detailed Information for Phage Reaper | |
| Discovery Information | |
| Isolation Host | Mycobacterium smegmatis mc²155 |
| Found By | Khue Tran |
| Year Found | 2012 |
| Location Found | La Jolla, CA USA |
| Finding Institution | University of California, San Diego |
| Program | Science Education Alliance-Phage Hunters Advancing Genomics and Evolutionary Science |
| From enriched soil sample? | Unknown |
| Isolation Temperature | Not entered |
| GPS Coordinates | 32.872222 N, 117.256389 W Map |
| Discovery Notes | Sun facing compost bins; vermicomposting bin on far left in Roger's community garden. Mild weather, warm, slight breeze. Compost bin soil rich and dark; sample collected under rotting apple, moist. Bin full of vegetables; fruit flies, fruit fly larvae on apple, ants, open air. Rotting vegetation included: lettuce, lemon skin, corn. |
| Naming Notes | This phage creates very large plaques, around 6-8 mm in diameter; even a 1/25 lysate created near perfect web lysis. In keeping with its prolific lysing, I named it Reaper. |
| 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 | Size (mm): 6 mm Appearance: Clear Incubation time (h): 24 Incubation temp (°C): 37 |
| 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 |
| SEA Lysate Titer | 4.0 x 10^10 pfu/mL |
| Date of SEA Lysate Titering | Nov 2, 2012 |
| Available Files | |
| Plaque Picture | Download |
| Restriction Digest Picture | Download |
| EM Picture | Download |
