Mycobacterium phage Stonewall
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| Detailed Information for Phage Stonewall | |
| Discovery Information | |
| Isolation Host | Mycobacterium smegmatis mc²155 |
| Found By | Elisa De Togni and Jason Kunisaki |
| Year Found | 2013 |
| Location Found | Conway, AR USA |
| Finding Institution | Washington University in St. Louis |
| Program | Science Education Alliance-Phage Hunters Advancing Genomics and Evolutionary Science |
| From enriched soil sample? | Yes |
| Isolation Temperature | Not entered |
| GPS Coordinates | Unavailable |
| Discovery Notes | The soil was collected on 8/21/13 in Conway, Arkansas, from a flat, grassy area in an urban neighborhood about 20 cm away from the west side of a brick house. The soil was moist, dark brown, and a mixture of silt and clay. |
| Naming Notes | This phage is named after the Civil War General Thomas J. "Stonewall" Jackson. The year 2013 marks the Sesquicentennial of the death of Stonewall Jackson in 1863 after the battle of Chancellorsville. The appearance of the phage's plaques seem to be a result of phage behavior that is similar to Jackson's successful military strategies. The phage is small and most likely temperate, waiting for the opportune moment to lyse its bacteria host cell. Jackson led a small number of troops into battle, yet succeeded in defeating much larger Union forces through flank attacks launched with perfect strategical timing. |
| 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 | Small, circular, cloudy plaques with an average diameter of approximately 1.5 to 2.0 mm |
| Has been Phamerated? | No |
| Publication Info | |
| Uploaded to GenBank? | No |
| GenBank Accession | None yet |
| Refseq Number | None yet |
| Archiving Info | |
| Archiving status | Not in Pitt Archives |
| Available Files | |
| Plaque Picture | Download |
| Restriction Digest Picture | Download |
| EM Picture | Download |