Details for Phage Shpuntik
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| Detailed Information for Phage Shpuntik | |
| Discovery Information | |
| Found By | Yuliya Tkach, Ellis Azuma |
| Year Found | 2016 |
| Location Found | North Potomac, MD 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 | 39.1 N, 77.2 W Map |
| Discovery Notes | Soil taken at 5:05 pm, in the garden. The weather was dry, 30 degrees in Celcius. Taken on 08/27/2016 |
| Naming Notes | . In USSR there was a kid’s cartoon named “Neznaika” which means “a person that doesn’t know anything”. In that cartoon there were many characters such as a kid that didn’t know anything and made up stories such as clouds can be solid and if there is an air balloon flying, a person would have to cut it’s way through the clouds. Also, there was a guy that knew everything and read encyclopedias and he always corrected “Neznaika”. In addition, there were two guys called: Vintik and Shpuntik. Those two guys liked inventing new things and fixing things that were already invented. |
| Sequencing Information | |
| Sequencing Complete? | No |
| Genome length (bp) | Unknown |
| Character of genome ends | Unknown |
| Fasta file available? | No |
| Characterization | |
| Cluster | Unclustered |
| Subcluster | -- |
| Plaque Notes | Very small, approximately 1 nm in diameter, round and clear. In a dilution it was found that it is 2.06*10^10 |
| Morphotype | Myoviridae |
| Final annotation complete? | No |
| Has been Phamerated? | No |
| Uploaded to GenBank? | No |
| Available Files | |
| Plaque Picture | Download |
| EM Picture | Download |