Mycobacterium phage Septem
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| Detailed Information for Phage Septem | |
| Discovery Information | |
| Isolation Host | Mycobacterium smegmatis mc²155 |
| Found By | Jessica Cook and Morgan Lynch |
| Year Found | 2015 |
| Location Found | Arkadelphia, AR USA |
| Finding Institution | Ouachita Baptist University |
| Program | Science Education Alliance-Phage Hunters Advancing Genomics and Evolutionary Science |
| From enriched soil sample? | No |
| Isolation Temperature | Not entered |
| GPS Coordinates | 34.119 N, 93.0614 W Map |
| Discovery Notes | Under pine tree in Rose Hill cemetery on August 31, 2015 at 1:25 PM with a temperature of 34 degrees Celsius. Dirt was about 3 cm deep and very dry. There is little human traffic in the surrounding area and there had been little precipitation in the preceding week. The area hosted little other vegetation and was very shady. |
| Naming Notes | Septem is the Latin word for "seven." Latin is a dead language--reference to the sample location of a cemetery-- and the phage was our seventh spot on the spot test. |
| 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 average 2mm in the clear regions and can reach up to 5mm when the halo is included. The plaques are very turbid and have indistinct edges. |
| 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# | 22 |
| Pitt Freezer Box Grid# | F3 |