Abstract
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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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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