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An Optimized Enrichment Technique for the Isolation of Arthrobacter Bacteriophage Species from Soil Sample Isolates
Published on: April 9, 2015
Bacteriophage enrichment from water and soil
Rohan Van Twest1, Andrew M Kropinski
1Department of Molecular and Cellular Biology, University of Guelph, Guelph, Ontario, Canada.
Methods in Molecular Biology (Clifton, N.J.)
|December 11, 2008
Abstract:
Classical bacterial enrichment devised by Sergius Winogradsky (1856-1953) and Martinus Beijerinck (1851-1931) can be modified to enrich for bacteria-specific viruses. In this chapter simple protocols are presented for the enrichment of phages from water samples, such as sewage, and soil.
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