Mycobacterium phage Riscybusiness
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Detailed Information for Phage Riscybusiness | |
Discovery Information | |
Isolation Host | Mycobacterium smegmatis mc²155 |
Found By | Mackenzie Polgreen, Lily Gaskill |
Year Found | 2023 |
Location Found | Easton, PA United States |
Finding Institution | Lafayette College |
Program | Science Education Alliance-Phage Hunters Advancing Genomics and Evolutionary Science |
From enriched soil sample? | Yes |
Isolation Temperature | 37°C |
GPS Coordinates | Unavailable |
Discovery Notes | We chose to collect soil from the flower bed in the Goodwin Courtyard outside Rockwell Integrated Science Center. We took a sample from about 0.5 inches deep at an ambient temperature of 41°F. |
Naming Notes | We found our sample from the RISC courtyard, so we chose to name our phage after "Risky Business", but change the K to a C in order to honor the building! |
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 | Temperate lysogenic with a slight halo. A little cloudy about 1.5mm in diameter. |
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 |