Related Experiment Video
Updated: Aug 6, 2026

06:10
Following Cell-fate in E. coli After Infection by Phage Lambda
Published on: October 14, 2011
Phage f2 desorption from clay in estuarine water using nonionic detergents, beef extract, and chaotropic agents
1Department of Microbiology, University of Rhode Island, Kingston 02881.
Canadian Journal of Microbiology
|August 1, 1988
Abstract:
Experimentally adsorbed bacteriophage f2 was eluted from clay particles in estuarine water using 1% Tween, 80.3% beef extract, and 0.3 M NaNO3 with 54% recovery. Replacing sodium nitrate with tetrasodium pyrophosphate (0.4 M) increased the recovery to 81%. Estuarine sediments treated with 1% Tween 80 revealed significantly higher male-specific phage elutions.

