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 |