Details for Phage Troll
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| 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 | AF |
| Subcluster | AF1 |
| Other Cluster Members |
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| 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 |
