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| Title |
The use of antibiotics to improve phage detection and enumeration by the double-layer agar technique
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|---|---|
| Published in |
BMC Microbiology, July 2009
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| DOI | 10.1186/1471-2180-9-148 |
| Pubmed ID | |
| Authors |
Sílvio B Santos, Carla M Carvalho, Sanna Sillankorva, Ana Nicolau, Eugénio C Ferreira, Joana Azeredo |
| Abstract |
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 can be enumerated when plated by the DLA technique. However, some give rise to small and turbid plaques that are very difficult to detect and count. To overcome these problems, some authors have suggested the use of dyes to improve the contrast between the plaques and the turbid host lawns. It has been reported that some antibiotics stimulate bacteria to produce phages, resulting in an increase in final titer. Thus, antibiotics might contribute to increasing plaque size in solid media. |
X Demographics
The data shown below were collected from the profile of 1 X user who shared this research output. Click here to find out more about how the information was compiled.
Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Portugal | 1 | 100% |
Demographic breakdown
| Type | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Members of the public | 1 | 100% |
Mendeley readers
The data shown below were compiled from readership statistics for 276 Mendeley readers of this research output. Click here to see the associated Mendeley record.
Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| United States | 3 | 1% |
| Portugal | 2 | <1% |
| Australia | 2 | <1% |
| Nepal | 1 | <1% |
| Germany | 1 | <1% |
| Ireland | 1 | <1% |
| Unknown | 266 | 96% |
Demographic breakdown
| Readers by professional status | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Student > Ph. D. Student | 48 | 17% |
| Student > Master | 48 | 17% |
| Student > Bachelor | 43 | 16% |
| Researcher | 43 | 16% |
| Student > Doctoral Student | 13 | 5% |
| Other | 33 | 12% |
| Unknown | 48 | 17% |
| Readers by discipline | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Agricultural and Biological Sciences | 86 | 31% |
| Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology | 46 | 17% |
| Immunology and Microbiology | 42 | 15% |
| Engineering | 8 | 3% |
| Veterinary Science and Veterinary Medicine | 7 | 3% |
| Other | 29 | 11% |
| Unknown | 58 | 21% |
Attention Score in Context
This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 1. This is our high-level measure of the quality and quantity of online attention that it has received. This Attention Score, as well as the ranking and number of research outputs shown below, was calculated when the research output was last mentioned on 28 April 2013.
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#1,756
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#8
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