Details for Phage Nirriti
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Detailed Information for Phage Nirriti
Discovery Information
Former namesIndia
Found BySteven Caruso
Year Found2016
Location FoundKottayam, India
Finding InstitutionUniversity of Maryland, Baltimore County
Program Science Education Alliance-Phage Hunters Advancing Genomics and Evolutionary Science
From enriched soil sample?Yes
GPS Coordinates9.58 N, 76.52 E Map
Discovery NotesIsolated from a donated soil sample collected in Kottayam, India on 3/20/16.
Naming NotesThe 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 endsUnknown
Fasta file available?No
Characterization
ClusterUnclustered
Subcluster--
Plaque NotesProduces 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.
MorphotypeMyoviridae
Final annotation complete?No
Has been Phamerated?No
Uploaded to GenBank?No
Available Files
Plaque PictureDownload
EM PictureDownload