Details for Phage BaBooBoo
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| Detailed Information for Phage BaBooBoo | |
| Discovery Information | |
| Found By | Rashmi Naidu |
| Year Found | 2016 |
| Location Found | Glen Allen, VA United States of America |
| Finding Institution | Virginia Commonwealth University |
| Program | Science Education Alliance-Phage Hunters Advancing Genomics and Evolutionary Science |
| From enriched soil sample? | No |
| GPS Coordinates | 37.550185 N, 77.446068 W Map |
| Discovery Notes | I noticed that my phage was very incompatible with other forms of bacteria. However, the peculiar and probably most unique aspect of my phage was that it was able to efficiently lyse the bacteria B. Anthracis Sterne. Since the majority of the class's bacteria was unable to lyse it, I want to say that although my phage has a narrow host range, it has a unique host range in which bacteria it can lyse. However, my phage can't be functioning under an endolysin cycle because if that were to happen, the physical plaque would not appear on the plate. (CLASS HOST RANGE RESULTS) |
| Naming Notes | There's a children novel which was loosely based off of the hit movie "Marley and Me." In this novel, the toddler is mentioning about looking for Marley and they are unable to say the phrase so instead say the phrase "BaBooBoo Waddy!" My name is BaBooBoo and another classmate in my section with a similar phage has the name Waddy. |
| Sequencing Information | |
| Sequencing Complete? | No |
| Genome length (bp) | Unknown |
| Character of genome ends | Unknown |
| Fasta file available? | No |
| Characterization | |
| Cluster | Unclustered |
| Subcluster | -- |
| Plaque Notes | My plaques were normal with an occasional haze around them ; they were about 0.2 cm wide. |
| Morphotype | Myoviridae |
| Final annotation complete? | No |
| Has been Phamerated? | No |
| Uploaded to GenBank? | No |
| Available Files | |
| Plaque Picture | Download |