Purpose: Continue Individual Research

Procedure:

• Searched for Phages containing an NMT in their genome to compare to the NMT found in NapoleonB and other AM cluster phages
• Found three AU cluster phages for future research
• Found three EG cluster phages with NMT genes
• Added all the fasta files for the NMT genes from the new phages, AM cluster, and bacteria to a splitstree diagram
• Fought splitstree for almost a half hour to get it to work
• Eventually manipulated the program to do its job
• Found that with the present data we couldn’t put together a map to truly represent the genealogy of the gene

Results: Found that the splitstree graph will be harder to create than previously imagined. Will need more samples.

Future Plans: Continue finding more NMT fasta files to make into a coherent phylogenetic tree