An improved plaque assay for poor plaque-producing temperate lactococcal bacteriophages

Journal of Applied Microbiology

Volumn 83, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 85-90

  Lillehaug, D ^a  

^a NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF LIFE SCIENCES   (Norway)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALGAE; AMINO ACIDS; POLYSACCHARIDES;

AGAR MEDIA; AGAR PLATES; BOTTOM LAYERS; GROWTH MEDIUM; GROWTH STAGES; INDUSTRIAL STRAIN; LACTOCOCCUS LACTIS; PLAQUE ASSAY; PLATE ASSAY; TOP LAYERS;

BACTERIOPHAGES;

AGAR; GLYCINE;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIOPHAGE; BACTERIUM CULTURE; CULTURE MEDIUM; DAIRY INDUSTRY; FERMENTATION; LACTOCOCCUS LACTIS; LYSOGENIZATION; NONHUMAN; STRAIN DIFFERENCE; VIRUS CULTURE;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); LACTOCOCCUS LACTIS; STREPTOCOCCUS; UNIDENTIFIED BACTERIOPHAGE;

EID: 0030792558     PISSN: 13645072     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2672.1997.00193.x     Document Type: Article

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