Mycobacterium phage Tzimisce
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| Detailed Information for Phage Tzimisce | |
| Discovery Information | |
| Isolation Host | Mycobacterium smegmatis mc²155 |
| Found By | Joshua Witten |
| Year Found | 2019 |
| Location Found | Fairfax, VA United States |
| Finding Institution | George Mason University |
| Program | Science Education Alliance-Phage Hunters Advancing Genomics and Evolutionary Science |
| From enriched soil sample? | Yes |
| Isolation Temperature | 20°C |
| GPS Coordinates | 38.802758 N, 77.058494 W Map |
| Discovery Notes | One of several phages was collected from an abnormal actinobacterial deadzone just downstream of the Hooff's Run wastewater treament plant. Despite the low host concentration, this site produced an unusual number of viable phage samples. |
| Naming Notes | Named for Tzimisce, an alien virus mentioned in the Vampire the Masquerade tabletop games. I felt it only fitting to give it a spooky name, as I obtained my high-volume lysate on Halloween. What better way to pay homage to a fictional virus than to name a real one after it? |
| 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 | Small, totally clear plaques, frequently clustered. Plaques cluster closer at lower concentrations. |
| Morphotype | Myoviridae |
| 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# | 103 |
| Pitt Freezer Box Grid# | D3 |
| Available Files | |
| Plaque Picture | Download |
| EM Picture | Download |