Purpose: The purpose of this lab is to continue working on the presentation for the final project, and update the abstract.

Tools/Procedures:

Tools:

• NCBI BLAST
• Google Docs

Procedures:

1. More work was done to find other hosts and species that matched with AM specific genes from NapoleonB.
2. The abstract was edited and corrected. Suggested changes were made, and the abstract was updated to reflect the current evidence found by the project.
3. Work was begun on the presentation slides for the final presentation.

Results:
The results of this lab include finishing the research and data collection for the presentation, as well as finishing the abstract for the project. The results of the BLAST search found that 12/51 of the AM-specific genes of NapoleonB matched with genes from low %GC hosts and other species, such as roundworms and viruses.

Conclusions:
From this lab, it was concluded that a potential reason for the lower %GC of AM phages from their host is horizontal gene transfer, and this was reflected in the abstract.

Future Work: 
Future work will include creating the final project presentation. The presentation will also need to be rehearsed with the other group members.