Details for Phage Whiplash
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| Detailed Information for Phage Whiplash | |
| Discovery Information | |
| Found By | Lara Seidman & Zachary Margulies |
| Year Found | 2012 |
| Location Found | Hagerstown, 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 | 39.689472 N, 77.615928 W Map |
| Discovery Notes | The Btk bacteriophage was isolated from a collection of soil samples retrieved from a cornfield on September 5th 2012 at approximately 5:00 P.M. On that day it was 90° F and humid. The samples were collected at a depth of 4cm below the surface of loamy soil from 3 locations within a 20 meter radius from one another |
| Naming Notes | The name “Whiplash” is a tribute to early electron micrographs, which showed a phage with its head bent at an odd angles from the body as if to personify the phage as a victim of a neck injury. |
| Sequencing Information | |
| Sequencing Complete? | No |
| Genome length (bp) | Unknown |
| Character of genome ends | Unknown |
| Fasta file available? | No |
| Characterization | |
| Cluster | Unclustered |
| Subcluster | -- |
| Plaque Notes | Using light microscopy the plaque appeared to be approximately 2 mm in diameter. The plaque appeared round and smooth edged. The plaques were turbid supporting the conclusion of a temperate phage. |
| Morphotype | Siphoviridae |
| Final annotation complete? | No |
| Has been Phamerated? | No |
| Uploaded to GenBank? | No |
| Available Files | |
| Plaque Picture | Download |
| Restriction Digest Picture | Download |
| EM Picture | Download |
