Details for Phage PPIsBest
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| Detailed Information for Phage PPIsBest | |
| Discovery Information | |
| Found By | Nashwan Farooque |
| Year Found | 2016 |
| Location Found | Richmond, VA USA |
| Finding Institution | Virginia Commonwealth University |
| Program | Science Education Alliance-Phage Hunters Advancing Genomics and Evolutionary Science |
| From enriched soil sample? | Yes |
| GPS Coordinates | 37.546667 N, 77.450556 W Map |
| Discovery Notes | Found in the soil surrounding the main fountain in Monroe Park. This location is no longer accessible due to park renovation. |
| Naming Notes | Parantap Patel is master neurosurgeon from the jungles of India. He came to America when he was only 3 years old by boat. By age 5, he was head of neurology at MCV. Parantep Patel aka Ptap aka PP is the most talented and influential person I have ever met. He is very charming, dashing, and may I say god-like. |
| Sequencing Information | |
| Sequencing Complete? | Yes |
| Date Sequencing Completed | Jun 18, 2017 |
| Sequencing Facility | Virginia Commonwealth University Nucleic Acids Research Facilities |
| Shotgun Sequencing Method | Illumina Sequencing |
| Approximate Shotgun Coverage | 100 |
| Genome length (bp) | 162281 |
| GC Content | 38.6% |
| Character of genome ends | Direct Terminal Repeat |
| Fasta file available? | Yes: Download fasta file |
| Characterization | |
| Cluster | S |
| Subcluster | -- |
| Other Cluster Members | |
| Plaque Notes | Plaque picked from the 10^-3 plate from the forth purification round Plaque was a perfect circle with clear defined boundary Diameter of 0.2 cm |
| Morphotype | Myoviridae |
| Final annotation complete? | Yes |
| Number of Genes | 301 |
| Has been Phamerated? | No |
| Uploaded to GenBank? | Yes: MF288917 |
| Available Files | |
| Plaque Picture | Download |
| EM Picture | Download |
