Details for Phage RandyPanda
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Detailed Information for Phage RandyPanda
Discovery Information
Found ByGabrielle Boyd & Amarinder Pandher
Year Found2014
Location FoundElkton, MD United States
Finding InstitutionUniversity of Maryland, Baltimore County
Program Science Education Alliance-Phage Hunters Advancing Genomics and Evolutionary Science
From enriched soil sample?No
GPS Coordinates39.6805 N, 75.921694 W Map
Discovery NotesSoil collected from a farm, on the edge of a cornfield. Collected on 8-31-14; 99% humidity; dry soil; taken from top 2cm of soil.
Naming NotesA fellow classmate could not pronounce the name of one of the RandyPanda discoverers (Amarinder Pandher), and affectionately nicknamed him "Randy Panda" for short. The name was catchy, so we used it for our phage.
Sequencing Information
Sequencing Complete?No
Genome length (bp)Unknown
Character of genome endsUnknown
Fasta file available?No
Characterization
ClusterUnclustered
Subcluster--
Plaque Notes1mm diameter; cloudy and round, displaying a bulls-eye morphology.
MorphotypePodoviridae
Final annotation complete?No
Has been Phamerated?No
Uploaded to GenBank?No
Available Files
Plaque PictureDownload
Restriction Digest PictureDownload
EM PictureDownload