Microbacterium phage Sprite
Sprite Plaque Picture
Sprite EM Picture
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Detailed Information for Phage Sprite
Discovery Information
Isolation HostMicrobacterium foliorum NRRL B-24224
Found ByRosa Madden and Emma Rose
Year Found2022
Location FoundSpokane, WA United States
Finding InstitutionGonzaga University
ProgramScience Education Alliance-Phage Hunters Advancing Genomics and Evolutionary Science
From enriched soil sample?Yes
Isolation Temperature22°C
GPS Coordinates47.66778 N, 117.40012 W Map
Discovery NotesWe collected our sample that contained phage Sprite from a pile of dirty snow on the campus of GU. The snow was fairly fresh, at most three days old, with dirt and leaves on top of the pile that we also included in the sample. The snow was frozen enough to be in small chunks and not powdery.
Naming NotesSprite comes from the Eternals (2021) movie with the character of the same name. This character was incredibly annoying, just like our phage. Sometimes we would scold our phage, much like someone should have scolded the character. Although this movie was terrible, we still laugh about Sprite.
Sequencing Information
Sequencing Complete?No
Genome length (bp)Unknown
Character of genome endsUnknown
Fasta file available?No
Characterization
ClusterEE
Subcluster--
Cluster Life CycleLytic
Annotating InstitutionUnknown or unassigned
Annotation StatusNot sequenced
Plaque NotesSprite formed large, circular plaques that consistently had a clear center and were surrounded by a cloudy halo. Plaques from Sprite ranged from 0.5 mm to 17.5 mm throughout the process.
MorphotypeSiphoviridae
Has been Phamerated?No
Publication Info
Uploaded to GenBank?No
GenBank AccessionNone yet
Refseq NumberNone yet
Archiving Info
Archiving status Archived
Pitt Freezer Box# 165
Pitt Freezer Box Grid# H2
Available Files
Plaque PictureDownload
Restriction Digest PictureDownload
EM PictureDownload