Mycobacterium phage Schneehund
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| Detailed Information for Phage Schneehund | |
| Discovery Information | |
| Isolation Host | Mycobacterium smegmatis mc²155 |
| Found By | Andrew Cole |
| Year Found | 2015 |
| Location Found | Harrisonburg, VA USA |
| Finding Institution | James Madison University |
| Program | Science Education Alliance-Phage Hunters Advancing Genomics and Evolutionary Science |
| From enriched soil sample? | Yes |
| Isolation Temperature | Not entered |
| GPS Coordinates | 38.426806 N, 78.860528 W Map |
| Discovery Notes | Sample Conditions: -High light exposure -Soil pH of 6.5 -High Moisture -Temperature:23 degrees Centigrade -Location: formerly submersed pond bottom that was being drained. Found during late summer in between the exposed strata of dark pond sediment full of decaying organic matter and a layer of heavy clay that were at the water's surface level in a recently dug channel that was draining a storm water management pond at James Madison University's Arboretum during a rerouting of the stream it feeds in to. The sample was taken at the water's edge and in that small pool that was left there was a high concentration of dark catfish and three other notable varieties of smaller fish: one was green, one was silver, and the third was a dark brown and gray color. The channel has since been filled in to facilitate the creation of another pond in the same spot as before as a part of the stream restoration project that was completed in the fall of 2015. |
| Naming Notes | The name Schneehund refers to the nickname of my Yellow Labrador Retriever, Nilla, that looked as white as snow when she a puppy, but has since grown darker. I was reminded of this when looking at the plaques backlit by the sunlight and seeing the gradation of color from the bright plaques to the darker rings and bacterial lawn. |
| 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 are 2mm in diameter, slightly turbid, and have halos that extend a millimeter beyond the plaque on average. |
| 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 | 8e8 |
| Pitt Freezer Box# | 27 |
| Pitt Freezer Box Grid# | D4 |
| Available Files | |
| Plaque Picture | Download |