Details for Phage Sirocco
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| Detailed Information for Phage Sirocco | |
| Discovery Information | |
| Found By | Margaret Emond and Asfiya Mariam |
| Year Found | 2015 |
| Location Found | Doha, Qatar |
| 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 | 25.304955 N, 51.517911 E Map |
| Discovery Notes | Early in the morning, very hot, near a foot path. |
| Naming Notes | Named after winds that blow from the Middle East across Africa. |
| Sequencing Information | |
| Sequencing Complete? | No |
| Genome length (bp) | Unknown |
| Character of genome ends | Unknown |
| Fasta file available? | No |
| Characterization | |
| Cluster | Unclustered |
| Subcluster | -- |
| Plaque Notes | Comet shaped plaques, exhibited a temperature gradient with "tails" of comet facing in one direction. |
| Morphotype | Myoviridae |
| Final annotation complete? | No |
| Has been Phamerated? | No |
| Uploaded to GenBank? | No |
| Available Files | |
| EM Picture | Download |