Details for Phage SeekNeek
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| Detailed Information for Phage SeekNeek | |
| Discovery Information | |
| Found By | Elizabeth Kawecki - Wright, Kathleen Reed |
| Year Found | 2014 |
| Location Found | Ketchikan, AK USA |
| Finding Institution | University of Maryland, Baltimore County |
| Program | Science Education Alliance-Phage Hunters Advancing Genomics and Evolutionary Science |
| From enriched soil sample? | Yes |
| GPS Coordinates | 55.786822 N, 131.487738 W Map |
| Discovery Notes | Two feet from river bank, 1 inch below surface soil, 2 feet from fish remains and bear feces 63 F rainy |
| Naming Notes | Phage isolation occurred in Ketchikan Alaska, territory of the Tlingit people of Southeast Alaska. Respecting this, our phage designation was selected from the Tlingit words ‘seek’ (black bear) and ‘neekw’ (illness) and condensed to ‘SeekNeek.’ |
| Sequencing Information | |
| Sequencing Complete? | No |
| Genome length (bp) | Unknown |
| Character of genome ends | Unknown |
| Fasta file available? | No |
| Characterization | |
| Cluster | Unclustered |
| Subcluster | -- |
| Plaque Notes | 1-2 mm round plaques, < 0.5 mm round plaques. Plaques have discrete margins initially, changes to feathered edge with increased incubation time. |
| Morphotype | Myoviridae |
| Final annotation complete? | No |
| Has been Phamerated? | No |
| Uploaded to GenBank? | No |
| Available Files | |
| Plaque Picture | Download |
| Restriction Digest Picture | Download |
| EM Picture | Download |
