Details for Phage Tsamsa
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| Detailed Information for Phage Tsamsa | |
| Discovery Information | |
| Found By | Holly H. Ganz |
| Year Found | 2010 |
| Location Found | Etosha National Park, Namibia |
| Program | Obtained from GenBank & Publication |
| From enriched soil sample? | Yes |
| GPS Coordinates | 18.856099 S, 16.328247 E Map |
| Discovery Notes | Induced using mitomycin-C from from B. anthracis isolates collected from a zebra carcass and soil around another zebra carcass in the Etosha National Park, Namibia See: Ganz HH, Law C, Schmuki M, Eichenseher F, Calendar R, Loessner MJ, Getz WM, Korlach J, Beyer W, Klumpp J. 2014. Novel giant siphovirus from Bacillus anthracis features unusual genome characteristics. PLoS One 9:1–10. |
| Naming Notes | Full name: vB_BanS-Tsamsa "...named the phage Tsamsa, which in Hai||om means ‘‘place where the winds blow closed’’ referring to the endless vista of the Etosha pan and the dust devils that form there." - Ganz HH, Law C, Schmuki M, Eichenseher F, Calendar R, Loessner MJ, Getz WM, Korlach J, Beyer W, Klumpp J. 2014. Novel giant siphovirus from Bacillus anthracis features unusual genome characteristics. PLoS One 9:1–10. |
| Sequencing Information | |
| Sequencing Complete? | Yes |
| Date Sequencing Completed | Dec 13, 2013 |
| Sequencing Facility | Other |
| Shotgun Sequencing Method | SMRT - PACBIO |
| Genome length (bp) | 168876 |
| GC Content | 34.3% |
| Character of genome ends | Direct Terminal Repeat |
| Direct Terminal Repeat Length | 284 bp |
| Fasta file available? | Yes: Download fasta file |
| Characterization | |
| Cluster | A |
| Subcluster | A1 |
| Other Cluster Members |
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| Morphotype | Siphoviridae |
| Final annotation complete? | Yes |
| Number of Genes | 272 |
| Number of tRNAs | 19 |
| Has been Phamerated? | No |
| Uploaded to GenBank? | Yes: NC_023007.1 |
| Available Files | |
| EM Picture | Download |