Details for Phage Lytkorick
Add or modify phage thumbnail images to appear at the top of this page.
Know something about this phage that we don't? Modify its data.
| Detailed Information for Phage Lytkorick | |
| Discovery Information | |
| Found By | Elizabeth Czawlytko & Cardozo W Shu |
| Year Found | 2012 |
| Location Found | Westminster, MD USA |
| Finding Institution | University of Maryland, Baltimore County |
| Program | Science Education Alliance-Phage Hunters Advancing Genomics and Evolutionary Science |
| From enriched soil sample? | No |
| GPS Coordinates | Unavailable |
| Discovery Notes | The soil sample was obtained on September 9, 2012 from a hole about 4 cm deep in moist ground. The weather was 23 degrees C. The head of Lytkorick is round and about 60 nm in diameter, and the tail is only about 15 nm. From the DNA digestion, an estimated genome size of 35,000 base pairs were given. |
| Naming Notes | The name is a combination of Czawlytko and Warrick, each a name of the founders. |
| Sequencing Information | |
| Sequencing Complete? | No |
| Genome length (bp) | Unknown |
| Character of genome ends | Unknown |
| Fasta file available? | No |
| Characterization | |
| Cluster | Unclustered |
| Subcluster | -- |
| Plaque Notes | The plaques were small and cloudy, suggesting Lytkorick is a temperate phage. |
| Morphotype | Podoviridae |
| Final annotation complete? | No |
| Has been Phamerated? | No |
| Uploaded to GenBank? | No |
| Available Files | |
| Restriction Digest Picture | Download |
| EM Picture | Download |
