Details for Phage Claudi
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| Detailed Information for Phage Claudi | |
| Discovery Information | |
| Found By | Demetrius Carter |
| Year Found | 2014 |
| Location Found | Richmond, VA United States |
| Finding Institution | Virginia Commonwealth University |
| Program | Science Education Alliance-Phage Hunters Advancing Genomics and Evolutionary Science |
| From enriched soil sample? | No |
| GPS Coordinates | 37.544722 N, 77.452222 W Map |
| Discovery Notes | The Phage “Claudi” is a podoviridae. Claudi was isolated from an enrichment culture made from the soil obtained from the root of a tree on West Cary Street, Richmond, VA. |
| Naming Notes | The name "Claudi" derives from the Latin word "claudicare" meaning to have a limp. Being that Claudi has a short stubby none extending tail, the name seemed fitting. |
| Sequencing Information | |
| Sequencing Complete? | Yes |
| Sequencing Facility | Virginia Commonwealth University Nucleic Acids Research Facilities |
| Shotgun Sequencing Method | Illumina Sequencing |
| Approximate Shotgun Coverage | 60 |
| Genome length (bp) | 26504 |
| GC Content | 30.3% |
| Character of genome ends | Unknown |
| Fasta file available? | Yes: Download fasta file |
| Characterization | |
| Cluster | Unclustered |
| Subcluster | -- |
| Plaque Notes | The morphology of the plaques were consistently turbid with a hazy halo. Additionally, the center of the plaques had a “pin” sized cloudy gathering when first isolated. |
| Morphotype | Podoviridae |
| Final annotation complete? | Yes |
| Number of Genes | 46 |
| Has been Phamerated? | No |
| Uploaded to GenBank? | Yes: NC_031121.1 |
| Available Files | |
| Plaque Picture | Download |
| Restriction Digest Picture | Download |
| EM Picture | Download |
