Mycobacterium phage Terminator
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| Detailed Information for Phage Terminator | |
| Discovery Information | |
| Isolation Host | Mycobacterium smegmatis mc²155 |
| Former names | Smeginator |
| Found By | Anna Fox and Rachel Sterenka |
| Year Found | 2014 |
| Location Found | Spokane, WA USA |
| Finding Institution | Gonzaga University |
| Program | Science Education Alliance-Phage Hunters Advancing Genomics and Evolutionary Science |
| From enriched soil sample? | Yes |
| Isolation Temperature | Not entered |
| GPS Coordinates | 47.666242 N, 117.403114 E Map |
| Discovery Notes | Lytic phage, 2-3 mm diameter from low traffic soil 0C temperature cultured at 25C does not grow at 37C |
| Naming Notes | Terminator came from the fact that our phage is very aggressive and forms large plaques, killing all bacteria. TERMINATING! |
| 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 | Lytic 2-3 mm diameter large circular appearance From TEM images, we found that our capsid length was 51nm, our tail length was 197 nm, and our full phage length was 248 nm. This was an average measurement of all three photos. |
| 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 |
| SEA Lysate Titer | 2.0*10^8 |
| Date of SEA Lysate Titering | Mar 1, 2014 |
| Pitt Freezer Box# | 17 |
| Pitt Freezer Box Grid# | E12 |
| Available Files | |
| Plaque Picture | Download |
| EM Picture | Download |