The goal of this project is to determine the optimal conditions for accurate bacteriophage titering by evaluating the effects of E. coli optical density (OD) at the time of infection and the incubation duration following phage-bacteria mixing. By identifying the OD and incubation time that produce the most consistent and reliable plaque counts, we aimed to improve the reproducibility and precision of phage quantification protocols.
Summer Undergraduate Research Program (SURP) Symposium (University of West Florida, Pensacola, Florida, 08/2025)
Contributors
Enid Sisskin (Faculty Mentor)
Rodney Guttmann (Faculty Mentor)
Publisher
University of West Florida Libraries; Argo Scholar Commons
Format
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Identifiers
99381555073006600
Academic Unit
Biology; Summer Undergraduate Research Program 2025; Hal Marcus College of Science and Engineering