title: Enumeration of bacteriophages by the direct plating plaque assay.
abstract: A method is described for determination of the concentration of infectious phage particles by the direct plating plaque assay, which is simpler and faster than the double agar overlay plaque procedure outlined in the previous chapter.
authors.affiliation: Public Health Agency of Canada, Laboratory for Foodborne Diseases, Guelph, Ontario, Canada.
authors.forename: Amanda
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Mazzocco
authors.forename: Thomas E
authors.initials: TE
authors.lastname: Waddell
authors.forename: Erika
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Lingohr
authors.forename: Roger P
authors.initials: RP
authors.lastname: Johnson
mesh_terms: D001435:Bacteriophages / Q000254:growth & development* / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D010948:Viral Plaque Assay / Q000379:methods*