Mycobacterium phage Sporky
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| Detailed Information for Phage Sporky | |
| Discovery Information | |
| Isolation Host | Mycobacterium smegmatis mc²155 |
| Found By | Katie Morrison, Brandt Batteau, Isabelle Stevens |
| Year Found | 2021 |
| Location Found | Lafayette, CO United States |
| Finding Institution | University of Colorado Boulder |
| Program | Science Education Alliance-Phage Hunters Advancing Genomics and Evolutionary Science |
| From enriched soil sample? | Yes |
| Isolation Temperature | 14°C |
| GPS Coordinates | 39.991547 N, 105.112996 W Map |
| Discovery Notes | The sample was found at a rocky area near Waneks lake frisbee golf course on February 4th, 2021 in Lafayette, Colorado at 2:17 pm. |
| Naming Notes | The name Sporky was chosen after looking at the bacteriophage through the EM picture. The phage resembles a spork, which made us think of the Toy Story character Sporky. |
| 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 have cloudy, turbid centers with halos and the plaques are 0.25-0.4 cm in diameter. |
| 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# | 142 |
| Pitt Freezer Box Grid# | B4 |