Mycobacterium phage Skinwalker
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| Detailed Information for Phage Skinwalker | |
| Discovery Information | |
| Isolation Host | Mycobacterium smegmatis mc²155 |
| Found By | Chloe Bartz |
| Year Found | 2019 |
| Location Found | Niles, MI United States |
| Finding Institution | Hope College |
| Program | Science Education Alliance-Phage Hunters Advancing Genomics and Evolutionary Science |
| From enriched soil sample? | Unknown |
| Isolation Temperature | 22°C |
| GPS Coordinates | 41.7956 N, 86.1625 E Map |
| Discovery Notes | This plaque was removed from the environment at 9:58am in a surface soil sample from a swampy water bed that contained, dark, musky soil that was littered with goose droppings. Physically, the sample was very moist and slippery with small green algae within it. |
| Naming Notes | I chose this name because the myth of the skinwalker originated from the Navajo culture and described men and women walking in the skins of various animals. Phages do essentially the same thing with their hosts. They insert their DNA into the host and live there until lysing their bacteria. They wear the skin of their host. |
| 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 | A clear, smooth edged circular plaque that is approximately .2mm in diameter. There are no halos or tails present. The morphology is consistent when incubated at 42 degrees Celsius. |
| 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# | 100 |
| Pitt Freezer Box Grid# | A11 |
| Available Files | |
| Plaque Picture | Download |