Mycobacterium phage RockyB76
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| Detailed Information for Phage RockyB76 | |
| Discovery Information | |
| Isolation Host | Mycobacterium smegmatis mc²155 |
| Found By | Hannah, Susrut, and Maryam |
| Year Found | 2021 |
| Location Found | Cherry Hill, NJ United States |
| Finding Institution | University of the Sciences (now St. Joseph's Univ) |
| Program | Science Education Alliance-Phage Hunters Advancing Genomics and Evolutionary Science |
| From enriched soil sample? | No |
| Isolation Temperature | Not entered |
| GPS Coordinates | 39.915774 N, 74.98734 W Map |
| Discovery Notes | The soil sample was collected from a compost pile consisting of leaves, grass clippings, coffee, and eggshells. The sample was collected at 9:00 AM eastern standard time with the temperature at 34 degrees Franhiet. The soil was dry but provided good results. |
| Naming Notes | The phage was named after Rocky Balboa from the Rocky movie franchise because of its knockout plaque expression strength. |
| 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 produced from plating the phage were circular with a diameter of 0.3 centimeters. The plaque also was cloudy. |
| 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 | 8.70 x 10^8 |
| Pitt Freezer Box# | 130 |
| Pitt Freezer Box Grid# | C6 |
| Available Files | |
| Plaque Picture | Download |
| EM Picture | Download |
