Microbacterium phage Sponge
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| Detailed Information for Phage Sponge | |
| Discovery Information | |
| Isolation Host | Microbacterium foliorum NRRL B-24224 |
| Found By | Robin Stevens,Leah Hubbard,Allan Urbina,Sam Hazo |
| Year Found | 2023 |
| Location Found | Amherst, MA United States of America |
| Finding Institution | University of Massachusetts Amherst |
| Program | Science Education Alliance-Phage Hunters Advancing Genomics and Evolutionary Science |
| From enriched soil sample? | No |
| Isolation Temperature | 30°C |
| GPS Coordinates | 42.3868 N, 72.5301 W Map |
| Discovery Notes | Phage was adopted from another group, after several unsuccessful attempts of finding a phage on our own. |
| Naming Notes | Named "Sponge" because the clear spots (phages) against the yellow bacterial lawn looks like a sponge. |
| 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 | Variety of sizes, ranging from 5mm to 1 mm in a gradient-like pattern. Larger phages are closer to other large phages, any phages that are farther from large clusters decrease on size and grow farther apart. |
| 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 |
| Pitt Freezer Box# | 181 |
| Pitt Freezer Box Grid# | F9 |