The use of antibiotics to improve phage detection and enumeration by the double-layer agar technique
<p>Abstract</p> <p>Background</p> <p>The Double-Layer Agar (DLA) technique is extensively used in phage research to enumerate and identify phages and to isolate mutants and new phages. Many phages form large and well-defined plaques that are easily observed so that they...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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BMC
2009-07-01
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| Series: | BMC Microbiology |
| Online Access: | http://www.biomedcentral.com/1471-2180/9/148 |