Details for Phage DirtWarrior
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| Detailed Information for Phage DirtWarrior | |
| Discovery Information | |
| Found By | Asma Husma and Keenan Hope |
| Year Found | 2015 |
| Location Found | Baltimore City, MD United States |
| Finding Institution | University of Maryland, Baltimore County |
| Program | Science Education Alliance-Phage Hunters Advancing Genomics and Evolutionary Science |
| From enriched soil sample? | Yes |
| GPS Coordinates | 39.255234 N, 76.712028 W Map |
| Discovery Notes | Found in soil sample collected in front of the Biological Sciences building in UMBC. It was 24.5 degrees Celsius. It was sunny and clear. The soil sample was a tannish brown color and somewhat moist. It was taken from a depth of approximately 1 cm. |
| Naming Notes | It was the only virus that lived in the soil to be collected, so I just imagined jokingly that it fought off the other viruses in some great battle. |
| Sequencing Information | |
| Sequencing Complete? | No |
| Genome length (bp) | Unknown |
| Character of genome ends | Unknown |
| Fasta file available? | No |
| Characterization | |
| Cluster | Unclustered |
| Subcluster | -- |
| Plaque Notes | Low concentration: ~0.5mm turbid plaque with often a ~1mm cloudy tail trailing behind. High concentration: A mix of many small turbid plaques approximately ~0.5mm and few larger clear plaques ~1mm. This is after 24 hours incubation at 30 degrees Celsius. |
| 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 |
