Bacteriophage - Exercise 21
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What is a bacteriophage?
A virus that infects a bacteria
What is phage typing?
Using a known virus to idetify an unknown bacterium.
How is a plaque formed on a plate?
Formed from the explosion of the bacterial cell full of newly synthesized bacteria. The explosion = no growth bc viruses need a host so that circular window is no E.coli growth just viruses by itself
What is a PFU/mL
Plaque forming units per mL
Do you use E.coli in serial dilution calculations and why/why not?
No because we don’t care for the E.coli cell growth just virus growth
Why is E.coli used in serial dilutions?
Plating a virus by itself will lead to no growth on the plate because they need a host to infect, so give them some E.coli to infect then you can see there growth
What is a coliphage?
A bacteriophage that infects E.coli?
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