Mycobacterium phage Zoinks
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| Detailed Information for Phage Zoinks | |
| Discovery Information | |
| Isolation Host | Mycobacterium smegmatis mc²155 |
| Found By | Nicole Araujo |
| Year Found | 2019 |
| Location Found | Blacksburg, VA United States |
| Finding Institution | Virginia Tech |
| Program | Science Education Alliance-Phage Hunters Advancing Genomics and Evolutionary Science |
| From enriched soil sample? | Yes |
| Isolation Temperature | 37°C |
| GPS Coordinates | 37.2225 N, 80.422778 W Map |
| Discovery Notes | Found on Virginia Tech campus, pathway leading from Cochrane hall to West Campus Drive, between Harper Hall and New Hall West. Used top layer of heterogenous soil, which had some small rocks and no grass. There were many residential student buildings nearby, and the area gets high morning and afternoon foot traffic. It was next to a bench and old banana. There is a dining hall close by. A laundry air vent blows out over soil. There were 2 trees nearby, and the soil was not sloped. |
| Naming Notes | "Zoinks" is an expression of shock and surprise derived from popular culture. This phage was found next to a rotting banana, a development worthy of shock and surprise. |
| 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 | Temperate. Plaques are small, pinprick-sized and inconsistently shaped at 37 degrees Celsius. Both larger plaques with haloes and pinprick-sized plaques without haloes are visible when incubated at 32 degrees Celsius. Halo rings are typically wide. |
| 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 |
| Pitt Freezer Box# | 102 |
| Pitt Freezer Box Grid# | D4 |
| Available Files | |
| Plaque Picture | Download |
| Restriction Digest Picture | Download |
| EM Picture | Download |
