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How Big is a Bug ?


Perform the experiment as follows:

  1. Take up 0.8ml of the phage / S.epidermidis mixture into the syringe. Label the remainder 'before filtration'.

  2. Pass the rest of the mixture through the filter into a sterile tube. Label this 'after filtration'.

  1. Make a set of dilutions of 'before' and 'after' samples from 10-1 to 10-6 in phage buffer.

  2. Assay for bacteria:
    Spread 100µl of undiluted 'before' and 'after' samples onto nutrient agar plates.

  3. Assay for phage:
    Carry out a phage count on the 'before' and 'after' samples, as described elsewhere.

  1. When the plates are dry, incubate overnight at 37oC.


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