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T4 Bacteriophage and E. coli Interaction in the Murine Intestine: A Prototypical Model for Studying Host-Bacteriophage Dynamics In Vivo
Published on: January 26, 2024
[Study of the mechanisms of interaction between intestinal bacteriophages and polyaluminum coagulants]
Abstract:
The authors have investigated the adsorption-elution of intestinal bacteriophages T2 and MS2 as a model of enteric viruses, by using the coagulants aluminum oxychloride (AOX78) and aluminum sulfate (AS). The investigation has ascertained the effective removal of the phages from water with AOX78 (98.7-100%) and the low efficiency of elution of coliphages from the particles of AOX hydrolysis products (0.1-3.7% of the baseline count of bacteriophages), which may suggest that AOX has antiviral activity. The above phenomena produced by AS are less evident.
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