Mycobacterium phage Thanos
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| Detailed Information for Phage Thanos | |
| Discovery Information | |
| Isolation Host | Mycobacterium smegmatis mc²155 |
| Found By | Reuben Sam & Carina Tse |
| Year Found | 2017 |
| Location Found | Philadelphia, PA USA |
| Finding Institution | University of the Sciences (now St. Joseph's Univ) |
| Program | Science Education Alliance-Phage Hunters Advancing Genomics and Evolutionary Science |
| From enriched soil sample? | Yes |
| Isolation Temperature | 37°C |
| GPS Coordinates | 40.122661 N, 75.033102 W Map |
| Discovery Notes | Date: 8/28/17 Time: 6:10pm Temperature: 65⁰F Location (City, State): Philadelphia, PA Depth: 5-8cm Moisture content: Moist Other defining features: Soil was obtained in an urban area and the ground was in level. The soil was taken from a garden which was full of roses and other flowers, and also it was about 20-25 feet away from the road. |
| Naming Notes | The name Thanos was picked because Thanos is the Titan god highly recognized in the Marvel Universe. In Marvel Thanos is the most destructive being and his name itself has reference to the god of death "Thanatos". We picked out that name for our phage because we believe our phage is the most powerful of all the phages in our phages laboratory. Each time we did plaque assays we had always got really high concentration and the same for our DNA concentration it was out of the league of everyone in our lab. |
| 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 | Our plaque assay showed clear plaques. |
| 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# | 47 |
| Pitt Freezer Box Grid# | E8 |
| Available Files | |
| Plaque Picture | Download |
| Restriction Digest Picture | Download |
| EM Picture | Download |