Details for Phage Metroid
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Detailed Information for Phage Metroid
Discovery Information
Found ByMark Cobuzzi and Sohail Samet
Year Found2015
Location FoundBrooklyn, MD USA
Finding InstitutionUniversity of Maryland, Baltimore County
Program Science Education Alliance-Phage Hunters Advancing Genomics and Evolutionary Science
From enriched soil sample?Yes
GPS Coordinates39.222107 N, 76.623657 W Map
Discovery NotesMoist Soil; Extracted from depth of 2cm under grass; 79ºF; Partly Cloudy; Humid Air; Flat Suburban Area With Little Traffic
Naming NotesOur 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 endsUnknown
Fasta file available?No
Characterization
ClusterUnclustered
Subcluster--
Plaque NotesPlaques resemble round and clear "pin pricks"; No turbid regions; The diameters can reach 1.1 mm
MorphotypeMyoviridae
Final annotation complete?No
Has been Phamerated?No
Uploaded to GenBank?No
Available Files
Plaque PictureDownload
Restriction Digest PictureDownload
EM PictureDownload