Mycobacterium phage Venus
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| Detailed Information for Phage Venus | |
| Discovery Information | |
| Isolation Host | Mycobacterium smegmatis mc²155 |
| Found By | Liz Allen |
| Year Found | 2012 |
| Location Found | Williamsburg, MA USA |
| Finding Institution | College of William & Mary |
| Program | Science Education Alliance-Phage Hunters Advancing Genomics and Evolutionary Science |
| From enriched soil sample? | Unknown |
| Isolation Temperature | Not entered |
| GPS Coordinates | Unavailable |
| Discovery Notes | Venus was isolated from a dirt sample taken outside of Barrett Hall, a residence hall on the William & Mary campus. |
| Naming Notes | The name Venus has no particular significance to characteristics of the phage, it is simply a name that I enjoy. |
| Sequencing Information | |
| Sequencing Complete? | No |
| Sequencing Facility | Pittsburgh Bacteriophage Institute |
| Genome length (bp) | Unknown |
| Character of genome ends | Unknown |
| Fasta file available? | No |
| Characterization | |
| Cluster | A |
| Subcluster | A1 |
| Cluster Life Cycle | Temperate |
| Annotating Institution | Unknown or unassigned |
| Annotation Status | Not sequenced |
| Plaque Notes | Venus' plaques were measured to be 2-3mm in diameter and appeared to be turbid. The titer of Venus is 2.74 *10^8 pfu/mL. Capsid diameter was found to be 64nm, and tail length was 152nm. |
| 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 | 2.74*10^8 |
| Date of SEA Lysate Titering | Nov 1, 2012 |
| Pitt Freezer Box# | 35 |
| Pitt Freezer Box Grid# | 12 |