Streptomyces phage Virizion
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| Detailed Information for Phage Virizion | |
| Discovery Information | |
| Isolation Host | Streptomyces mirabilis NRRL B-2400 |
| Found By | Ruotolo, Sarah and Sagalovsky, Alena |
| Year Found | 2024 |
| Location Found | Timonium, MD United States |
| Finding Institution | University of Maryland, Baltimore County |
| Program | Science Education Alliance-Phage Hunters Advancing Genomics and Evolutionary Science |
| From enriched soil sample? | Yes |
| Isolation Temperature | 70°C |
| GPS Coordinates | 39.41758 N, 76.669872 W Map |
| Discovery Notes | The soil is very rich in organic matter due to it being collected near the bank of a stream, moist, collected slightly below surface level, the temperature at the time of collection was warm (73° F) but the stream water maintained a cooler temperature, thus allowing the soil to feel cooler as well. |
| Naming Notes | Named after a Grass/Fighting-type Legendary Pokémon |
| Sequencing Information | |
| Sequencing Complete? | No |
| Genome length (bp) | Unknown |
| Character of genome ends | Unknown |
| Fasta file available? | No |
| Characterization | |
| Cluster | Unclustered |
| Subcluster | -- |
| Lysogeny Notes | Temperate phage S. achromogenes and S. bicolor host infection |
| Annotating Institution | Unknown or unassigned |
| Annotation Status | Not sequenced |
| Plaque Notes | Plaques - ~2 mm in diameter, clear, circular, clean edges, used -2 old lysate to make the -2 new plate on 10/15 TEM - Head length - 79nm Head width - 78nm Tail length (uncontracted) - 99nm Tail width (uncontracted) - 15nm Noted presence of whiskers |
| Morphotype | Siphoviridae |
| Has been Phamerated? | No |
| Publication Info | |
| Uploaded to GenBank? | No |
| GenBank Accession | None yet |
| Refseq Number | None yet |
| Archiving Info | |
| Archiving status | Not in Pitt Archives |
| SEA Lysate Titer | 1.1 x 10^6 pfu/mL |
| Available Files | |
| Plaque Picture | Download |
| Restriction Digest Picture | Download |
| EM Picture | Download |
