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All posts created by debbie

| posted 25 Jun, 2025 14:39
Ping,
I think a titer of any number is sufficient if you have purified the bacteria such that residual phage from somewhere outside of the cell is removed.

I would not evaluate this is a vacuum. are the cells homo-immune to that phage infection. Build the evidence and then see what it tells you.

We do not have empirical numbers, but you can collect that data. (And then we would for each phage.)

Best,
debbie
Posted in: Lysogeny/ImmunityLiquid phage release assay
| posted 13 Jun, 2025 01:42
Lee,
It sounds correct to me!
XXXYYYZ is always a winner!
debbie
Posted in: Frameshifts and IntronsTAC Frameshift in BJ and BN
| posted 05 Jun, 2025 05:53
Fred (and all),
We are aware that the GeneMark server is down. An email has been sent to notify the owners that it is down and requesting that it be restarted.
debbie
Posted in: AnnotationGeneMark Server Connection
| posted 28 May, 2025 15:01
Hi all,
So if your file is live in GenBank, it will have the family classification stated there. You ca n use it.
We could try to keep up as we enter things into GenBank, but honestly, ICTV can't keep up with us.
Best,
debbie
Posted in: General Message BoardClassificiation with ICTV guidelines
| posted 23 May, 2025 22:23
Kurt,
This could be a bunch of things. My first guess is the actual files that you are comparing.
Do the genomes open in DNA Master?
It is likely a corrupt file I think.
debbie
Posted in: DNA MasterGenome Comparison
| posted 16 May, 2025 17:51
Noe, look at line 65 in the approved function list (directly below the crossed out item). that hit is called a nuclease domain in the databases we use, but there is no nuclease function to that sequence.
it is now named "ParB N-terminal-like domain"
debbie
Posted in: Cluster C Annotation TipsParB-like nuclease domain
| posted 13 May, 2025 15:06
Chris and Maria,
Excellent choices! Only call one. And do not call a wrap round version.
debbie
Posted in: Functional AnnotationHelp with Annotating Direct Terminal Repeats
| posted 06 May, 2025 17:36
Aurturo,
Please use PineapplePizza as your prototype as to what to call each tail type in your pododvirus. I used P68 and phi29 as the prototypes to call that one.

For genes 17 and 18 of Smelly (phamerator_draft), you can call both as minor tail proteins.

Once you do that, If you have any questions, continue on the forum post.
Thanks,
debbie
Posted in: Functional AnnotationPotential minor tail proteins in cluster GK
| posted 05 May, 2025 15:19
Nikki,
The data is coming fast and furious. For now, I would call these Hypothetical Proteins.
but soon, we may have a better understanding.
Best,
debbie
Posted in: Functional Annotationnew HHPred hit to PDB 8JOU - Fiber I & fiber-tail-adaptor
| posted 01 May, 2025 23:28
Hi all,
When annotating a Cluster O paper, please refer to this paper for help "Comparative Genomics of Cluster O Mycobacteriophages"
https://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0118725
Posted in: Cluster O Annotation TipsCluster O paper