| Detailed Information for Phage Troll | |
| Discovery Information | |
| Found By | Sabrina Mathew & Dongha Le |
| Year Found | 2012 |
| Location Found | Burtonsville, 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 | 39.111219 N, 76.932475 W Map |
| Discovery Notes | This BTK bacteriophage was isolated from a soil sample taken from an urban housing area in Burtonsville on 9/9/12. |
| Naming Notes | The name "Troll" was chosen due to the resemblance of the phage’s head to that of the hair of a Troll doll. |
| Sequencing Information | |
| Sequencing Complete? | Yes |
| Date Sequencing Completed | Jan 24, 2013 |
| Sequencing Facility | Pittsburgh Bacteriophage Institute |
| Shotgun Sequencing Method | Ion Torrent Sequencing |
| Approximate Shotgun Coverage | 310 |
| Sanger Finishing Reactions | 9 |
| Genome length (bp) | 163019 |
| GC Content | 37.8% |
| Character of genome ends | Direct Terminal Repeat |
| Direct Terminal Repeat Length | 2711 bp |
| End Determination Notes | By doubling of read coverage in Consed. |
| Fasta file available? | Yes: Download fasta file |
| Characterization | |
| Cluster | C |
| Subcluster | C3 |
| Other Cluster Members |
Click to ViewHydralpha (None) JoeB (None) AaronPhadgers (C1) ALPS (C1) Archie14 (C1) Azalea (C1) Belinda (C1) Bhoosica (C1) Cletus (C1) DingnCase (C1) Dingus (C1) DirtyBetty (C1) Doofinshmirtz (C1) Elmer (C1) Escavirius (C1) Eyuki (C1) Freefood (C1) FreightTrain (C1) Grumio (C1) Hakuna (C1) Helga (C1) HonestAbe (C1) Ilona (C1) Kida (C1) Kota (C1) Lilihipha (C1) Megatron (C1) MightyMouse (C1) Momo (C1) Nemo (C1) Nigalana (C1) NotTheCreek (C1) OmnioDeoprimus (C1) Parsons (C1) PPIsBest (C1) Rex16 (C1) SageFayge (C1) SalinJah (C1) STSebastian (C1) Terra (C1) WPh (C1) Zuko (C1) Anthony (C2) Bastille (C2) CAM003 (C2) Evoli (C2) Herbert (C2) HoodyT (C2) Hudslayer (C2) Janet (C2) Kamfam (C2) OTooleKemple52 (C2) Vinny (C2) Adelynn (C3) Ampersand (C3) Anthos (C3) AvesoBmore (C3) B4 (C3) BigBertha (C3) ChannelFever (C3) Chotacabras (C3) ChurroBlast (C3) Flapjack (C3) GypsyDanger (C3) Joonam (C3) Juglone (C3) Natp (C3) Oregano (C3) Phabio (C3) Phrodo (C3) Riley (C3) Spock (C3) Taffo16 (C3) Troll (C3) Typhen (C3) BC4U (C4) BCP78 (C4) TsarBomba (C4) Bcp1 (C5) BM10 (C5) Hobo (C5) Kioshi (C5) |
| Plaque Notes | Troll creates plaques that are oval shaped and turbid suggesting that Troll is a temperate phage. The plaques are around 3 mm or smaller in diameter. |
| Morphotype | Myoviridae |
| Final annotation complete? | Yes |
| Number of Genes | 289 |
| Has been Phamerated? | No |
| Uploaded to GenBank? | Yes: KF208639.2 |
| Available Files | |
| Plaque Picture | Download |
| Restriction Digest Picture | Download |
| Virtual Digest Picture | Download |
| EM Picture | Download |
| DNAMaster File | Download |
