Details for Phage Frankenstein
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| Detailed Information for Phage Frankenstein | |
| Discovery Information | |
| Found By | Julia Gasink |
| Year Found | 2018 |
| Location Found | Norfolk , VA United States of America |
| Finding Institution | University of Mary Washington |
| Program | Science Education Alliance-Phage Hunters Advancing Genomics and Evolutionary Science |
| From enriched soil sample? | Yes |
| GPS Coordinates | 36.868389 N, 76.214583 W Map |
| Discovery Notes | The location of extraction was decided due to a combination of multiple environmental factors. The location is near a PetSmart and a Home Depot, both of these places would most likely have high levels of nitrogen and phosphorus in the surrounding areas, elements necessary for life and favored by bacteria. The water near the sample was turbid and stagnant. |
| Naming Notes | The name of this phage is a reference to the classic novel, Frankenstein, written by Mary Shelley. The phage thrived for the first 2 and a half months of the isolation process. However, these days of prosperity were limited, and after several weeks of under-performing, the phage was declared permanently incapacitated by my instructor. I continued the experiment with the phage of another classmate, but it wasn't the same. I yearned for the feeling of cultivating a phage of my own; I felt as if I had betrayed my own son. I decided to attempt to resuscitate my phage - no matter the cost. I retraced my steps and was able to successfully revive my phage. In a different circumstance, these measures may have been considered unethical, but without a metabolism of its own, it can be argued that there is no ethical dilemma in present in reviving a bacteriophage. |
| Sequencing Information | |
| Sequencing Complete? | No |
| Sequencing Facility | Pittsburgh Bacteriophage Institute |
| Genome length (bp) | Unknown |
| Character of genome ends | Unknown |
| Fasta file available? | No |
| Characterization | |
| Cluster | Unclustered |
| Subcluster | -- |
| Final annotation complete? | No |
| Has been Phamerated? | No |
| Uploaded to GenBank? | No |