Details for Phage SPO1
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| Detailed Information for Phage SPO1 | |
| Discovery Information | |
| Found By | Shunzo Okubo |
| Year Found | 1964 |
| Location Found | Osaka, Japan |
| Program | Obtained from GenBank & Publication |
| From enriched soil sample? | Unknown |
| GPS Coordinates | 34.821803 N, 135.524553 E Map |
| Discovery Notes | Soil near the University of Osaka Genetics Department (Osaka, Japan) See: OKUBO S, STRAUSS B, STODOLSKY M. 1964. THE POSSIBLE ROLE OF RECOMBINATION IN THE INFECTION OF COMPETENT BACILLUS SUBTILIS BY BACTERIOPHAGE DEOXYRIBONUCLEIC ACID. Virology 24:552–62. |
| Naming Notes | "The O in the name is the letter O, not the number 0, and may be taken to stand for either Osaka or Shunzo Okubo, who first isolated SPO1." - Stewart, 2009 See: Stewart CR, Casjens SR, Cresawn SG, Houtz JM, Smith AL, Ford ME, Peebles CL, Hatfull GF, Hendrix RW, Huang WM, Pedulla ML. 2009. The Genome of Bacillus subtilis Bacteriophage SPO1. J Mol Biol 388:48–70. |
| Sequencing Information | |
| Sequencing Complete? | Yes |
| Date Sequencing Completed | May 28, 2009 |
| Sequencing Facility | Pittsburgh Bacteriophage Institute |
| Shotgun Sequencing Method | Sanger |
| Genome length (bp) | 132562 |
| GC Content | 40.0% |
| Character of genome ends | Direct Terminal Repeat |
| Direct Terminal Repeat Length | 13185 bp |
| Fasta file available? | Yes: Download fasta file |
| Characterization | |
| Cluster | O |
| Subcluster | -- |
| Other Cluster Members | |
| Morphotype | Myoviridae |
| Final annotation complete? | Yes |
| Number of Genes | 204 |
| Number of tRNAs | 5 |
| Has been Phamerated? | No |
| Uploaded to GenBank? | Yes: NC_011421.1 |