Mycobacterium phage Vivante
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| Detailed Information for Phage Vivante | |
| Discovery Information | |
| Isolation Host | Mycobacterium smegmatis mc²155 |
| Found By | Nia Sweatt |
| Year Found | 2016 |
| Location Found | Washington, DC USA |
| Finding Institution | Howard University |
| Program | Science Education Alliance-Phage Hunters Advancing Genomics and Evolutionary Science |
| From enriched soil sample? | Unknown |
| Isolation Temperature | Not entered |
| GPS Coordinates | 38.923059 N, 77.020447 W Map |
| Discovery Notes | Used a plastic spoon and ruler to collect a soil sample on September 12, 2016, into a 15-mL conical tube on Howard Universities Yard ( at the above coordinates). |
| Naming Notes | Vivante means living in French. Thought it would be somewhat amusing because a bacteriophage is virus and it is only considered semi-living due to the fact it needs a host to reproduce. |
| Sequencing Information | |
| Sequencing Complete? | No |
| Genome length (bp) | Unknown |
| Character of genome ends | Unknown |
| Fasta file available? | No |
| Characterization | |
| Cluster | Unclustered |
| Subcluster | -- |
| Lysogeny Notes | Did not produce any messa's in Spot Titer, so concluded that it is not lysogenic, only lytic. |
| Annotating Institution | Unknown or unassigned |
| Annotation Status | Not sequenced |
| Plaque Notes | Clear, medium sized plaques. |
| 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 | 2.45x10^10 pfu/mL. |
| Pitt Freezer Box# | 48 |
| Pitt Freezer Box Grid# | E5 |
| Available Files | |
| Plaque Picture | Download |