Mycobacterium phage Tapir
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| Detailed Information for Phage Tapir | |
| Discovery Information | |
| Isolation Host | Mycobacterium smegmatis mc²155 |
| Found By | Katelyn Hustus Jewel Lamb |
| Year Found | 2017 |
| Location Found | Orono, ME USA |
| Finding Institution | University of Maine, Honors College |
| Program | Science Education Alliance-Phage Hunters Advancing Genomics and Evolutionary Science |
| From enriched soil sample? | No |
| Isolation Temperature | Not entered |
| GPS Coordinates | Unavailable |
| Discovery Notes | Tapir has a mysterious beginning. Prior to being adopted by Jewel and Katelyn its precise location of discovery was lost. |
| Naming Notes | A tapir is a large, herbivorous mammal, similar in shape to a pig, with a short, prehensile nose trunk. Tapirs inhabit jungle and forest regions of South America, Central America, and Southeastern Asia. |
| Sequencing Information | |
| Sequencing Complete? | No |
| Genome length (bp) | Unknown |
| Character of genome ends | Unknown |
| Fasta file available? | No |
| Characterization | |
| Cluster | B |
| Subcluster | B7 |
| Cluster Life Cycle | Lytic |
| Lysogeny Notes | Tapir is capable of lysogeny! |
| Annotating Institution | Unknown or unassigned |
| Annotation Status | Not sequenced |
| Plaque Notes | Plaque morphology is quite normal, small and circular. Plaques varied in size but never shape. |
| 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# | 73 |
| Pitt Freezer Box Grid# | C2 |
| Available Files | |
| Plaque Picture | Download |
| Restriction Digest Picture | Download |
| EM Picture | Download |