Details for Phage Gamma
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| Detailed Information for Phage Gamma | |
| Discovery Information | |
| Found By | Brown, E. and Cherry, W |
| Year Found | 1955 |
| Location Found | Chamblee, GA USA |
| Program | Obtained from GenBank & Publication |
| From enriched soil sample? | No |
| GPS Coordinates | Unavailable |
| Discovery Notes | Gamma is the third mutant version of phage W isolated from Bacillus cereus strain W. Used to discriminate between B. anthracis and other B. cereus group spp. See: Brown ER, Cherry WB (1955) Specific identification of bacillus anthracis by means of a variant bacteriophage. J Infect Dis 96(1):34–39. |
| Sequencing Information | |
| Sequencing Complete? | Yes |
| Date Sequencing Completed | Oct 5, 2005 |
| Sequencing Facility | Other |
| Shotgun Sequencing Method | Sanger |
| Approximate Shotgun Coverage | 34 |
| Genome length (bp) | 37253 |
| GC Content | 35.2% |
| Character of genome ends | 3' Sticky Overhang |
| Overhang Length | 9 bp |
| Overhang Sequence | CGCCGCCCC |
| End Determination Notes | PCR. See: Fouts DE, et al. (2006) Sequencing Bacillus anthracis typing phages gamma and cherry reveals a common ancestry. J Bacteriol 188(9):3402–3408. |
| Fasta file available? | Yes: Download fasta file |
| Characterization | |
| Cluster | Unclustered |
| Subcluster | -- |
| Morphotype | Siphoviridae |
| Final annotation complete? | Yes |
| Number of Genes | 53 |
| Has been Phamerated? | No |
| Uploaded to GenBank? | Yes: NC_007458.1 |