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A Note on the Use of Membrane Faecal Coliform Medium for Enhancing Resolution and Accuracy when Enumerating a Small Plaquing Coliphage
Author(s) -
PARKER W. F.
Publication year - 1981
Publication title -
journal of applied bacteriology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.889
H-Index - 156
eISSN - 1365-2672
pISSN - 0021-8847
DOI - 10.1111/j.1365-2672.1981.tb00910.x
Subject(s) - coliphage , resolution (logic) , bacteriophage , membrane , microbiology and biotechnology , biology , nanotechnology , virology , computer science , materials science , artificial intelligence , escherichia coli , genetics , gene
A modified membrane faecal coliform (mFC) medium was used to improve resolution and accuracy when enumerating plaques of bacteriophage MS2. The method enables an economical and rapid drop‐count technique to be used.