title: Phage f2 desorption from clay in estuarine water using nonionic detergents, beef extract, and chaotropic agents.
abstract: Experimentally adsorbed bacteriophage f2 was eluted from clay particles in estuarine water using 1% Tween, 80.3% beef extract, and 0.3 M NaNO3 with 54% recovery. Replacing sodium nitrate with tetrasodium pyrophosphate (0.4 M) increased the recovery to 81%. Estuarine sediments treated with 1% Tween 80 revealed significantly higher male-specific phage elutions.
authors.affiliation: Department of Microbiology, University of Rhode Island, Kingston 02881.
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Armon
authors.forename: V J
authors.initials: VJ
authors.lastname: Cabelli
mesh_terms: D000327:Adsorption; D000818:Animals; D001546:Bentonite; D002417:Cattle; D003090:Coliphages / Q000378:metabolism*; D011756:Diphosphates; D007616:Kaolin; D008461:Meat Products; D009566:Nitrates; D011136:Polysorbates; D014871:Water Microbiology
chemical_list: D011756:Diphosphates; D009566:Nitrates; D011136:Polysorbates; D001546:Bentonite; D007616:Kaolin; C031618:sodium nitrate; C003319:sodium pyrophosphate