Mycobacterium phage SnowDay
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| Detailed Information for Phage SnowDay | |
| Discovery Information | |
| Isolation Host | Mycobacterium smegmatis mc²155 |
| Found By | Kate Eames and Alec Horn |
| Year Found | 2020 |
| Location Found | Boulder, CO United States |
| Finding Institution | University of Colorado Boulder |
| Program | Science Education Alliance-Phage Hunters Advancing Genomics and Evolutionary Science |
| From enriched soil sample? | No |
| Isolation Temperature | -9°C |
| GPS Coordinates | 40.015 N, 105.2705 W Map |
| Discovery Notes | The soil sample was found under about seven inches of snow under a tree. The soil was under some wood chips. |
| Naming Notes | The name SnowDay originated because the phage was isolated from a soil sample that was collected from underneath lots of snow. |
| 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 phage was temperate forming cloudy plaques with a halo. Plaques are approximately 1/5cm. EM showed a short tail and a fairly large head. |
| Morphotype | Myoviridae |
| 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# | 127 |
| Pitt Freezer Box Grid# | A8 |
| Available Files | |
| Plaque Picture | Download |
| EM Picture | Download |
