Details for Phage Tuna302
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| Detailed Information for Phage Tuna302 | |
| Discovery Information | |
| Found By | Natalie McDonald and Tu-Quynh Vu |
| Year Found | 2015 |
| Location Found | Bethesda, MD United States |
| 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 | 38.999111 N, 77.138833 W Map |
| Discovery Notes | The bacteriophage Tuna302 was isolated from a soil sample obtained from Bethesda, MD in the Garden, located uphill, 25°C with 76.8m altitude, Moist soil and approximately ~4.0cm in depth from the surface. |
| Naming Notes | The bacteriophage Tuna302 was named after the combination of our names and the name of the Genetics course. In fact, “Tu’ and “na” are the first syllables of our first names “Tu-Quynh” and “Natalie”, and “302” was taken from “BIOL 302”. |
| Sequencing Information | |
| Sequencing Complete? | No |
| Genome length (bp) | Unknown |
| Character of genome ends | Unknown |
| Fasta file available? | No |
| Characterization | |
| Cluster | Unclustered |
| Subcluster | -- |
| Plaque Notes | The phage plaques appear to be round, circle-shaped and clear with the size of ~0.5 mm in diameter. |
| Morphotype | Myoviridae |
| Final annotation complete? | No |
| Has been Phamerated? | No |
| Uploaded to GenBank? | No |
| Available Files | |
| Plaque Picture | Download |
| EM Picture | Download |
