Details for Phage Nirriti
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| Detailed Information for Phage Nirriti | |
| Discovery Information | |
| Former names | India |
| Found By | Steven Caruso |
| Year Found | 2016 |
| Location Found | Kottayam, India |
| 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 | 9.58 N, 76.52 E Map |
| Discovery Notes | Isolated from a donated soil sample collected in Kottayam, India on 3/20/16. |
| Naming Notes | The phage was isolated from a soil sample collected in Kottayam, India; and so was named Nirriti after the Hindu goddess of corruption, destruction, disease, decay, evil, misery. |
| Sequencing Information | |
| Sequencing Complete? | No |
| Genome length (bp) | Unknown |
| Character of genome ends | Unknown |
| Fasta file available? | No |
| Characterization | |
| Cluster | Unclustered |
| Subcluster | -- |
| Plaque Notes | Produces very small, oblong, scratch-like plaques when grown on Btk on TSA at 30-deg O/N. Spots on Ba Sterne result in the fast growth of plateaus of putative lysogens. |
| Morphotype | Myoviridae |
| Final annotation complete? | No |
| Has been Phamerated? | No |
| Uploaded to GenBank? | No |
| Available Files | |
| Plaque Picture | Download |
| EM Picture | Download |