Details for Phage Thornton
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Detailed Information for Phage Thornton | |
Discovery Information | |
Found By | S. Veeramacheneni, H Freeman, L Crow |
Year Found | 2017 |
Location Found | Richmond, VA United States |
Finding Institution | Virginia Commonwealth University |
Program | Science Education Alliance-Phage Hunters Advancing Genomics and Evolutionary Science |
From enriched soil sample? | Yes |
GPS Coordinates | Unavailable |
Discovery Notes | This phage was a surprise, from sequencing BillyBob DNA. It must have been a 'contaminant' in the sample. BillyBob/Thornton was discovered using Bt DSM 350, but the students switched to Btk when they saw plaques would form. |
Naming Notes | This phage was a surprise, from sequencing BillyBob DNA. We were able to assemble two phage genomes from the BillyBob DNA sample, so named this one Thornton. |
Sequencing Information | |
Sequencing Complete? | No |
Sequencing Facility | Pittsburgh Bacteriophage Institute |
Genome length (bp) | Unknown |
Character of genome ends | Unknown |
Fasta file available? | No |
Characterization | |
Cluster | Unclustered |
Subcluster | -- |
Plaque Notes | Not sure because this was probably a sneaky contaminating phage. |
Morphotype | Podoviridae |
Final annotation complete? | No |
Has been Phamerated? | No |
Uploaded to GenBank? | Yes: MW348917.1 |