Details for Phage Metroid
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| Detailed Information for Phage Metroid | |
| Discovery Information | |
| Found By | Mark Cobuzzi and Sohail Samet |
| Year Found | 2015 |
| Location Found | Brooklyn, MD USA |
| 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 | 39.222107 N, 76.623657 W Map |
| Discovery Notes | Moist Soil; Extracted from depth of 2cm under grass; 79ºF; Partly Cloudy; Humid Air; Flat Suburban Area With Little Traffic |
| Naming Notes | Our phage is named, “Metroid,” after an iconic creature from the Nintendo franchise of the same name. Nintendo’s Metroids are parasitic alien life forms, some of which resemble the basic anatomy of a phage. Our phage’s namesake was also genetically engineered to prey upon and eradicate another, more dangerous alien contagion. This is analogous to the fact that bacteriophages are useful in medicine for their ability to target disease-causing bacteria. |
| Sequencing Information | |
| Sequencing Complete? | No |
| Genome length (bp) | Unknown |
| Character of genome ends | Unknown |
| Fasta file available? | No |
| Characterization | |
| Cluster | Unclustered |
| Subcluster | -- |
| Plaque Notes | Plaques resemble round and clear "pin pricks"; No turbid regions; The diameters can reach 1.1 mm |
| 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 |
