Details for Phage Athena
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| Detailed Information for Phage Athena | |
| Discovery Information | |
| Found By | Christine Dougherty and Oussama Benalla |
| Year Found | 2013 |
| Location Found | Ellicott City, MD USA |
| Finding Institution | University of Maryland, Baltimore County |
| Program | Unavailable |
| From enriched soil sample? | No |
| GPS Coordinates | 39.25674 N, 76.86772 W Map |
| Discovery Notes | Our phage was obtained from a forested location in central Maryland. The sample was taken from 4cm below the surface where the soil was dark brown. |
| Naming Notes | The name Athena is a symbolic reference to the mythological Greek goddess. Our phage was isolated from a direct plate where there was a smaller chance of successful host infection. Therefore, our phage had a strong presence and relentless courage in parallel to the Greek figure. Athena seemed an appropriate name to represent this bacteriophage. |
| Sequencing Information | |
| Sequencing Complete? | No |
| Genome length (bp) | Unknown |
| Character of genome ends | Unknown |
| Fasta file available? | No |
| Characterization | |
| Cluster | Unclustered |
| Subcluster | -- |
| Plaque Notes | Each individual plaque is 3mm in diameter with a perfectly uniform and circular border. The clearing zone is mildly turbid. |
| Morphotype | Myoviridae |
| Final annotation complete? | No |
| Has been Phamerated? | No |
| Uploaded to GenBank? | No |
| Available Files | |
| Plaque Picture | Download |
| Restriction Digest Picture | Download |
| EM Picture | Download |
