Microbacterium phage Wrackline
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| Detailed Information for Phage Wrackline | |
| Discovery Information | |
| Isolation Host | Microbacterium foliorum NRRL B-24224 |
| Found By | Sam Cousins |
| Year Found | 2024 |
| Location Found | South Portland, ME United States |
| Finding Institution | Southern Maine Community College |
| Program | Science Education Alliance-Phage Hunters Advancing Genomics and Evolutionary Science |
| From enriched soil sample? | Yes |
| Isolation Temperature | 30°C |
| GPS Coordinates | 43.645167 N, 70.227596 W Map |
| Discovery Notes | As the name suggests, Wrackline was isolated from a sample of sand taken above the wrack line of Willard beach - where sand, kelp, and other debris just touch with the grass. |
| Naming Notes | The wrack line is the trail of debris that is formed at high tide and left behind as it recedes. This phage was found just above the wrack line and, as SMCC enjoys working with marine phage, it seemed fitting to name it about some ocean phenomena. I'd also like to give our lab manager her due credit for she suggested the name - I simply affirmed 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 | Wrackline forms plaques 0.5mm diameter on average although they have been observed to fluctuate in size. Interestingly, the plaques it forms are often surrounded by a halo - radiating about 0.3mm outward from the edge of the plaque. There is often a very faint ring of bacteria in the center of the plaque that looks very much like a bull's eye. |
| 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 |