Details for Phage Ophiucus
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Detailed Information for Phage Ophiucus
Discovery Information
Found BySusana Hoyos and Russell Ampofo
Year Found2014
Location FoundColumbia, MD United States
Finding InstitutionUniversity of Maryland, Baltimore County
ProgramScience Education Alliance-Phage Hunters Advancing Genomics and Evolutionary Science
From enriched soil sample?Yes
GPS CoordinatesUnavailable
Naming NotesWe named our phage Ophiuchus after a constellation that represents a man holding a snake, which is also another constellation serpens. The Greeks have also identified and compared it to the God of Medicine - Asclepius.
Sequencing Information
Sequencing Complete?No
Genome length (bp)Unknown
Character of genome endsUnknown
Fasta file available?No
Characterization
ClusterUnclustered
Subcluster--
MorphotypeMyoviridae
Final annotation complete?No
Has been Phamerated?No
Uploaded to GenBank?No
Available Files
Plaque PictureDownload
Restriction Digest PictureDownload
EM PictureDownload