Microbacterium phage Sylvanstir
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| Detailed Information for Phage Sylvanstir | |
| Discovery Information | |
| Isolation Host | Microbacterium foliorum NRRL B-24224 |
| Found By | Deniz Erdem |
| Year Found | 2022 |
| Location Found | Amherst, MA United States |
| 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 | 42.39767 N, 72.52215 W Map |
| Discovery Notes | Sylvanstir was discovered in a grassy clearing outside a dorm on UMass Amherst campus. Deniz Erdem, Itir Sayar, Jess Schramm, and Brendan Post all worked to isolate, purify, amplify and characterize the new phage as a part of the SEA-PHAGES program. |
| Naming Notes | The name Sylvanstir comes from the UMass Amherst residential area which it was found by "Sylvan Residential Area". The ending of the phage name "stir" comes from the group's constant reminder to each other to stir the dilutions to make sure they were properly mixed. Running into problems early on led to a lot of 'stir, stir, stir' and hence Sylvanstir was born. |
| 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 | Sylvanstir's morphology is displayed as small and circular plaques with hazy edges all around 2mm in diameter. With the clear centers and hazier outside they fit under the turbid shape category. |
| Morphotype | Podoviridae |
| 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# | 159 |
| Pitt Freezer Box Grid# | A3 |