Phages are grouped into clusters based on their DNA similarities. So, all phages in A3 subcluster will have about 70% or more similarity, and the same applies to the other subclusters as well.
I got this idea from another group of students at the National SEA Phages symposium. In their experiments, the size of the plaques increased when Ca2+ was added to the plates. I would have to do some more research to make a hypothesis regarding how the plaques from my phage would be affected.
Hii nicely done presentation! I was wondering if there was a motivation behind studying this specific bacteriophage to begin with or if it was randomly chosen?
We gathered a random soil sample and we did an experiment called enrichment which allows us to incubate our phage with its host bacteria in order to gather a ton of the phages. So, the phage we worked with was collected randomly!
What’s the difference between the A3, A4, K1, and K3 clusters.
Phages are grouped into clusters based on their DNA similarities. So, all phages in A3 subcluster will have about 70% or more similarity, and the same applies to the other subclusters as well.
Hi Ellie, Nice poster ! What do you predict would happen if you used other cations (from your future directions)?
I got this idea from another group of students at the National SEA Phages symposium. In their experiments, the size of the plaques increased when Ca2+ was added to the plates. I would have to do some more research to make a hypothesis regarding how the plaques from my phage would be affected.
Hii nicely done presentation! I was wondering if there was a motivation behind studying this specific bacteriophage to begin with or if it was randomly chosen?
We gathered a random soil sample and we did an experiment called enrichment which allows us to incubate our phage with its host bacteria in order to gather a ton of the phages. So, the phage we worked with was collected randomly!