Very interesting presentation! I liked how you connected your research to potential clinical applications. Would the next step in the research clarify which bacteria the phage could potentially kill and serve as an antibiotic for?
We would have a few more steps, since our lab group did not get all the way through to the DNA restriction, but once we follow with all those steps and get the final result, we could potentially see the impacts it has. Therefore, which antibiotic it can replace.
Temperate phages that follow a lysogenic life cycle be considered favorable because they would allow us to broaden our use of phages from not just lytic phages. Since, we are currently restricted to only lytic phages, we would be able to research and experiment much more with the option of using both lytic and temperate phages.
Contamination showed up multiple times so we believe our top agar was contaminated since it infected multiple plates. Once, we switched it out, we did not have an issue with contamination.
The effects of shape and size of the phages of each experiment help us understand the structure and potential classification of the phages. For example, the morphology of a temperate phage can be shown through a cloudy rim. Such information can help us further develop the experiment or other research.
If it was eventually used as a treatment it would differentiate between harmful and helpful bacteria because phage therapy can target specific bacterium. It can target very specific bacteria and not harm the good bacterias. Unlike antibiotics, which can harm good and bad bacteria.
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Very interesting presentation! I liked how you connected your research to potential clinical applications. Would the next step in the research clarify which bacteria the phage could potentially kill and serve as an antibiotic for?
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We would have a few more steps, since our lab group did not get all the way through to the DNA restriction, but once we follow with all those steps and get the final result, we could potentially see the impacts it has. Therefore, which antibiotic it can replace.
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Why could temperate phages that follow a lysogenic life-cycle be considered favorable/important?
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Temperate phages that follow a lysogenic life cycle be considered favorable because they would allow us to broaden our use of phages from not just lytic phages. Since, we are currently restricted to only lytic phages, we would be able to research and experiment much more with the option of using both lytic and temperate phages.
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What do you think caused the contamination on your guys plates?
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Contamination showed up multiple times so we believe our top agar was contaminated since it infected multiple plates. Once, we switched it out, we did not have an issue with contamination.
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This sounds very interesting because of the different types of experiments. What are the effects of shape and size of the phages on each experiment?
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The effects of shape and size of the phages of each experiment help us understand the structure and potential classification of the phages. For example, the morphology of a temperate phage can be shown through a cloudy rim. Such information can help us further develop the experiment or other research.
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If this was eventually used as a treatment how would it differentiate between harmful and helpful bacteria?
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If it was eventually used as a treatment it would differentiate between harmful and helpful bacteria because phage therapy can target specific bacterium. It can target very specific bacteria and not harm the good bacterias. Unlike antibiotics, which can harm good and bad bacteria.
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