Rapid plate method for the isolation of lysogenic bacteriophages.
We have devised a rapid plate method for the detection and isolation of lysogenic phages and have used the procedure to screen 15 strains of Staphylococcus aureus. This method should prove applicable to a wide variety of bacterial species and should be especially valuable for those pathogens for which no phage-typing system is available.
D001434:Bacteriophage Typing; D001435:Bacteriophages / Q000302:isolation & purification; D003090:Coliphages / Q000302:isolation & purification; D003470:Culture Media; D004926:Escherichia coli / Q000254:growth & development; D008242:Lysogeny; D008722:Methods; D008837:Micrococcus / Q000254:growth & development; D008937:Mitomycins; D013210:Staphylococcus / Q000145:classification* / Q000254:growth & development; D013204:Staphylococcus Phages / Q000302:isolation & purification*
D003470:Culture Media; D008937:Mitomycins