Details for Phage AP50
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Detailed Information for Phage AP50 | |
Discovery Information | |
Found By | Elisabeth Nagy and Professor G. Ivanovics |
Year Found | 1973 |
Location Found | Szeged, Hungary |
Program | Obtained from GenBank & Publication |
From enriched soil sample? | No |
GPS Coordinates | Unavailable |
Discovery Notes | This phage was isolated from a soil specimen that failed to act upon different species of Bacillus, except two Bacillus anthracis strains showing a moderate sensitivity. |
Naming Notes | Nagy, E., and G. Ivanovics. 1982. Anthrax-specific “AP 50-like” phages isolated from Bacillus cereus strains. Acta Microbiol. Acad. Sci. Hung. 29: 89–98. The article above contains original information for phage AP50 in addition to information found by Sozhamannan,S. et al. (2008) APPLIED AND ENVIRONMENTAL MICROBIOLOGY, Nov. 2008 doi:10.1128/AEM.01124-08 |
Sequencing Information | |
Sequencing Complete? | Yes |
Date Sequencing Completed | Nov 5, 2008 |
Sequencing Facility | Other |
Shotgun Sequencing Method | 454 |
Approximate Shotgun Coverage | 175 |
Genome length (bp) | 14398 |
GC Content | 38.7% |
Character of genome ends | Unknown |
Direct Terminal Repeat Length | 28 bp |
End Determination Notes | "The AP50c genome has short (28-bp) almost perfect inverted terminal repeats, 19 of which are identical" - Sozhamannan, et al., 2008 |
Fasta file available? | Yes: Download fasta file |
Characterization | |
Cluster | Unclustered |
Subcluster | -- |
Plaque Notes | AP50 produced very turbid plaques 1-2 mm in diameter on indicator strain CN 18-74 str. From the original isolate yielding turbid plaques, a clear mutant (AP 50 C) was derived by nitrosoguanidine treatment. |
Final annotation complete? | Yes |
Number of Genes | 31 |
Has been Phamerated? | No |
Uploaded to GenBank? | Yes: EU408779 |
Available Files | |
Plaque Picture | Download |
EM Picture | Download |