Beginners' guide: How to Successfully Purify Your First “Phage” July 26, 2023 Welcome back to the captivating world of bacteriophages, those tiny heroes that hold the power to combat bacterial foes. Today, we embark on an
Preserving the Magic: How to Properly Store Your Phages in the Lab July 21, 2023 Congratulations on successfully isolating and purifying your bacteriophages! Now, as you embark on the next phase of your phage journey, it is crucial to
Unveiling the Hidden World of Bacteriophages: Your Guide to Successfully Isolate Your First "Phage" July 3, 2023 Welcome to the fascinating realm of bacteriophages, also known as "phages"! These incredible microscopic entities are like superheroes in the unseen universe, stealthily hunting
Sewage Sample Collection for Bacteriophage Isolation June 26, 2023 Sewage presents an ideal environment for bacteriophages to thrive, primarily because it contains abundant bacteria, serving as a plentiful food source for these viruses.
Phage Titering: Quantifying the Abundance and Activity of Bacteriophages June 1, 2023 This article is explaining the technique in theory, if you are looking for a phage titering protocol page please click here Bacteriophages, or phages
Phage Spot Lysis Test: Phage detection technique May 30, 2023 A spot test is a technique used to determine the presence and activity of bacteriophages against specific bacterial strains. It involves spotting a small
Sterilization by filtration method February 6, 2023 In microbiology, it is imperative to have sterile solutions in order to prevent contamination in experiments and ensure the validity of results. Filtration is
Plaque-Based Optimization of the Phages Lytic Characteristics December 26, 2021 The isolates of wild lytic phages from the transient stocks are propagated with the corresponding host bacterial isolates and the representative standard reference bacterial
Production of the Transient Phage Stock December 26, 2021 Procedure Cut 5–10 plaques with a sterile Pasteur pipette and place them in 1.5 ml sterile Eppendorf micro-centrifuge tubes. Add into 300 µl of
Procedure for Phage isolation December 26, 2021 Procedure Collect crude specimens of approximately 50 g or 100mls of any targeted sample in a sterile sample collection tube (100 ml). Mix