Details for Phage Thannos
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| Detailed Information for Phage Thannos | |
| Discovery Information | |
| Found By | Ala Alsulaihat and Nicole Pulliam |
| Year Found | 2014 |
| Location Found | Abidjan, Ivory Coast |
| 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 | 5.343611 N, 3.959167 W Map |
| Discovery Notes | Soil was moist and retrieved from a 12 cm hole. The temperature was 75 F. |
| Naming Notes | Thannos is derived from the name Thanos, also known as the “mad titan”, and supervillian within the Marvel Universe. Thanos infects, conquers, and destroys everything he touches, similar to bacteriophages that infect and hijack their respective bacterial hosts. |
| Sequencing Information | |
| Sequencing Complete? | No |
| Genome length (bp) | Unknown |
| Character of genome ends | Unknown |
| Fasta file available? | No |
| Characterization | |
| Cluster | Unclustered |
| Subcluster | -- |
| Plaque Notes | Small, 2 mm diameter, circular and turbid plaques. |
| 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 |
