Mycobacterium phage Speckles
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| Detailed Information for Phage Speckles | |
| Discovery Information | |
| Isolation Host | Mycobacterium smegmatis mc²155 |
| Found By | Kathryn Trentadue |
| Year Found | 2013 |
| Location Found | Holland, MI USA |
| Finding Institution | Hope College |
| Program | Science Education Alliance-Phage Hunters Advancing Genomics and Evolutionary Science |
| From enriched soil sample? | Yes |
| Isolation Temperature | Not entered |
| GPS Coordinates | 42.7833 N, 86.1 W Map |
| Discovery Notes | Phage Speckles was isolated from moist soil obtained from 2 cm below the surface near a sidewalk in a high-traffic area. The soil was taken from under the concrete steps leading up to a residence hall (Dykstra). |
| Naming Notes | "Speckles" refers to the appearance of the plaques produced by this phage in the bacterial lawn. |
| Sequencing Information | |
| Sequencing Complete? | No |
| Genome length (bp) | Unknown |
| Character of genome ends | Unknown |
| Fasta file available? | No |
| Characterization | |
| Cluster | B |
| Subcluster | B1 |
| Cluster Life Cycle | Lytic |
| Annotating Institution | Unknown or unassigned |
| Annotation Status | Not sequenced |
| Plaque Notes | Phage Speckles produces a bullseye plaque morphology, with a turbid center (occasionally with a small clear dot in the very center) surrounded by a clear ring, surrounded by a turbid ring. The size is normally between 4 mm and 7 mm, with an average size of about 4.9 mm. |
| 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 |
| SEA Lysate Titer | 5.6x10^10 |
| Pitt Freezer Box# | 5 |
| Pitt Freezer Box Grid# | B12 |
| Available Files | |
| Plaque Picture | Download |
| Restriction Digest Picture | Download |
| EM Picture | Download |
