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 |