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This was an excellent presentation!! You said that if the plaque was lysogenic it would have shown up on the plate as cloudy. Why do they appear cloudy? LikeLike Reply
I’ve seen lots of names for other phages. Is there a reason you and your partner didn’t name yours? If you were going to name it, what would it be? LikeLike Reply
We actually did name our phage “Tootsieroll”! We chose not to include it in the presentation because we did not fully characterize it due to time. LikeLike Reply
Loved your presentation! Does the size of the plaque have any critical significance or does it just help identify the phage? LikeLike Reply
Thank you! The size of the plaque is proportional to the efficiency of absorption and the length of the latent period. LikeLike Reply
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This was an excellent presentation!! You said that if the plaque was lysogenic it would have shown up on the plate as cloudy. Why do they appear cloudy?
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Thank you! They may appear cloudy because they are not fully lysed.
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I’ve seen lots of names for other phages. Is there a reason you and your partner didn’t name yours? If you were going to name it, what would it be?
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We actually did name our phage “Tootsieroll”! We chose not to include it in the presentation because we did not fully characterize it due to time.
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Loved your presentation! Does the size of the plaque have any critical significance or does it just help identify the phage?
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Thank you! The size of the plaque is proportional to the efficiency of absorption and the length of the latent period.
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