Mycobacterium phage Townlay
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Detailed Information for Phage Townlay
Discovery Information
Isolation HostMycobacterium smegmatis mc²155
Found ByKiyomasa Kuwana
Year Found2015
Location FoundProvidence, RI USA
Finding InstitutionBrown University
ProgramScience Education Alliance-Phage Hunters Advancing Genomics and Evolutionary Science
From enriched soil sample?Yes
Isolation Temperature18°C
GPS Coordinates41.83014 N, 71.40288 W Map
Discovery NotesDiscovered on a rainy night behind Metcalf Hall at Brown University. Because of the rainy night, the soil sample was more mud than soil. I dug about one cm into the ground. The place from which I got the soil was facing North.
Naming NotesName derived from my Biology instructor at my high school, Townley Chisholm.
Sequencing Information
Sequencing Complete?No
Genome length (bp)Unknown
Character of genome endsUnknown
Fasta file available?No
Characterization
ClusterUnclustered
Subcluster--
Lysogeny NotesTemperate phage, though not quite perfectly temperate as the bull's eye pattern shows.
Annotating InstitutionUnknown or unassigned
Annotation StatusNot sequenced
Plaque NotesBull's eye patterning and relatively large plaques (about 5mm in diameter, which can get up to 7mm).
MorphotypeSiphoviridae
Has been Phamerated?No
Publication Info
Uploaded to GenBank?No
GenBank AccessionNone yet
Refseq NumberNone yet
Archiving Info
Archiving status Not in Pitt Archives
Available Files
Plaque PictureDownload
Restriction Digest PictureDownload
EM PictureDownload