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Preparation of Phosphate Buffered Saline (PBS)

December 26, 2021

Phosphate-buffered saline (abbreviated PBS) is a buffer solution commonly used in biological research including phage work. It is a water-based salt solution containing disodium…

Common media used in phage work

December 26, 2021

microbiological Media List of the media used Luria broth (LB): tryptone 10 g l−1 (HiMedia, Mumbai, India), yeast extract5 g l−1 (HiMedia, Mumbai, India),…

The structure, packaging and ejection of bacteriophage genome

December 24, 2021

Bacteriophages consist of a protein coat that surrounds/protects their genomes; the arrangement of the genome inside this coat has been proposed by several researchers….

Can lysogenic phages be trained to enter into the lytic cycle?

October 10, 2021

Have you ever come across the word phage training? Phages are viruses that eat up bacteria; that’s what many of us know. They are…

The adventure of bacteriophage adsorption to the bacteria and the brownian motion

October 2, 2021

How do phages adsorb to bacteria? Did you know that phage adsorption to bacterial cells involves Brownian motion? If no, then you are just…

Review: Can phages have a third life cycle?

September 23, 2021

Have you ever heard of bacteriophages (phages)? If yes, then what about Pseudolysogeny? The two words are in one way or the other interconnected…

Antiviral properties of bacteriophages

July 24, 2021

Bacteriophages are viruses known to attack bacteria. Their effectiveness in eradicating the most antibiotic-resistant bacteria piqued scientists’ interest in the prospect of using them…

Which kind of lab is supposed to handle bacteriophages?

June 17, 2021

Bacteriophages are viruses that affect bacteria and not plants, humans,s or any other mammals; due to their specificity, it poses no harm to other…

Problems of electron microscopy (TEM) for bacteriophages

June 9, 2021

Transmission electron microscopy history Transmission electron microscope Electron microscopy has always had problems with imaging and interpretation, but the rise of digital electron microscopy…

How to make an outstanding media (agar) plate

June 5, 2021

Whether they contain TSA, MHA, LB, M9, or any other medium, making agar plates is a simple procedure. But there are a few finer…