Gladiatorvirus jeffabunny or Mycobacterium virus Jeffabunny is a bacteriophage known to infect bacterial species of the genus Mycobacterium. It was discovered by Jeffrey Rubin in 2008 in a Howard Hughes Medical Institute funded lab as part of SEA-PHAGES. It was taken from surface soil in a planter, in the shade of a non-redwood tree at Merrill College found infecting, specifically, Mycobacterium smegmatis.
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