The phage size can help us tell if the phage is siphoviridae or myoviridae. Since our phage had a long tail, it fits into the family siphoviridae, which would help confirm our cluster prediction, since a lot of other A cluster phages are siphoviridae.
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I thought your presentation was excellent. One question I have for you is if you were to perform further tests to see if Angelily to other bacteria types to see if it has a wide host range, what types of bacteria would you most likely test?
We would first start with bacteria’s similar to M. smeg such as M. abscessus. If Angelily has a wide host range, we could introduce it to bacteria such as M. tuberculosis.
First, we would introduce Angelily to bacteria types similar to M. smeg such as M. abscessus. If this works, we can introduce more harmful bacteria such as M. tuberculosis.
Since the results of PCR were inconclusive, we cannot confirm if Angelily is an A5 phage. Ideally, if we expose different bacteria types to Angelily and other A5 phages, they would attack similar bacteria at a similar rate.
The length of the tail was found via Electron Microscopy imaging. We did not run ER ourselves, but we did submitted a sample of Angelily to the ER lab, and they returned the image shown on the poster. The legend at the bottom of the image showed that Angelily had a tail that was 200 nm long.
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Hi, I was wondering if the size of the phage shows any significance and what information it can tell us.
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The phage size can help us tell if the phage is siphoviridae or myoviridae. Since our phage had a long tail, it fits into the family siphoviridae, which would help confirm our cluster prediction, since a lot of other A cluster phages are siphoviridae.
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Well done!!
I thought your presentation was excellent. One question I have for you is if you were to perform further tests to see if Angelily to other bacteria types to see if it has a wide host range, what types of bacteria would you most likely test?
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We would first start with bacteria’s similar to M. smeg such as M. abscessus. If Angelily has a wide host range, we could introduce it to bacteria such as M. tuberculosis.
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First, we would introduce Angelily to bacteria types similar to M. smeg such as M. abscessus. If this works, we can introduce more harmful bacteria such as M. tuberculosis.
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What results would you expect from your further tests into other A5 cluster phages and comparing it to Angelilly?
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Since the results of PCR were inconclusive, we cannot confirm if Angelily is an A5 phage. Ideally, if we expose different bacteria types to Angelily and other A5 phages, they would attack similar bacteria at a similar rate.
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How was the length of the tail found, was there another image where fibers were visible?
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The length of the tail was found via Electron Microscopy imaging. We did not run ER ourselves, but we did submitted a sample of Angelily to the ER lab, and they returned the image shown on the poster. The legend at the bottom of the image showed that Angelily had a tail that was 200 nm long.
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