Microbacterium phage Zyxx
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| Detailed Information for Phage Zyxx | |
| Discovery Information | |
| Isolation Host | Microbacterium foliorum NRRL B-24224 |
| Found By | Tyler Pittman and Joel Pantuso |
| Year Found | 2019 |
| Location Found | Hamilton, OH United States |
| Finding Institution | Miami University |
| Program | Science Education Alliance-Phage Hunters Advancing Genomics and Evolutionary Science |
| From enriched soil sample? | Yes |
| Isolation Temperature | 27°C |
| GPS Coordinates | 39.4367 N, 84.645 W Map |
| Discovery Notes | Sample came from dried, dead grass in a small ditch from a park. |
| Naming Notes | Phage was named after Joel’s favorite science fiction podcast, "Mission to Zyxx", because it's all about discovery and messing things up. |
| 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 | Plaques are very small, around the size of the tip of a needle. Plaques are lysogenic, meaning they are hazy around the edges. Plaques grow larger as the infection progresses. |
| 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# | 107 |
| Pitt Freezer Box Grid# | A8 |