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Determination of the Bacteriophage Host Range: Culture-Based Approach

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Bacteriophage Therapy

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The bacteriophage host range is one of the most practically important characteristics of each bacterial virus. Here the classical plate-culture-based approach for bacteriophage host range determination is described. The important considerations related to interpretation of the data and limitations of the methods are discussed.

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The work on this chapter was supported by RSF grant #15-15-00134.

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  1. Winogradsky Institute of Microbiology RC Biotechnology RAS, Leninski pr. 33, Build. 2, Moscow, 119071, Russia

    Andrey V. Letarov & Eugene E. Kulikov

  2. Lomonosov Moscow State University, Leninskie Gory 1, Moscow, 119991, Russia

    Andrey V. Letarov

  3. Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology, Dolgoprudny, Moscow Region, 141700, Russia

    Andrey V. Letarov & Eugene E. Kulikov

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Letarov, A.V., Kulikov, E.E. (2018). Determination of the Bacteriophage Host Range: Culture-Based Approach. In: Azeredo, J., Sillankorva, S. (eds) Bacteriophage Therapy. Methods in Molecular Biology, vol 1693. Humana Press, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4939-7395-8_7

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