Mycobacterium phage Saigon
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| Detailed Information for Phage Saigon | |
| Discovery Information | |
| Isolation Host | Mycobacterium smegmatis mc²155 |
| Found By | Victor Van |
| Year Found | 2017 |
| Location Found | Blacksburg, VA USA |
| Finding Institution | Virginia Tech |
| Program | Science Education Alliance-Phage Hunters Advancing Genomics and Evolutionary Science |
| From enriched soil sample? | Yes |
| Isolation Temperature | Not entered |
| GPS Coordinates | 37.227982 N, 80.42256 W Map |
| Discovery Notes | found at the bottom of the hill in front of the Virginia Tech shooting memorial across the street from Burruss Hall, Blacksburg Virginia. |
| Naming Notes | Many names were thought of and had settled on Saigon because the phage was found in front of a shooting memorial that will be remembered. Saigon may not be in a physical map due to a name change after the Vietnam war, however in most south Vietnamese people in the world and the Vietnamese people themselves, Saigon is a name that is still remembered. |
| 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 | Long tail, possible two separate phages with different tail lengths ranging from 134 nanometers to around 148 nanometers. Non contractible tail. |
| 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 |
| Pitt Freezer Box# | 54 |
| Pitt Freezer Box Grid# | F10 |
| Available Files | |
| Plaque Picture | Download |
| Restriction Digest Picture | Download |
| EM Picture | Download |
