MadSci Network: Microbiology
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Re: about how many T4 bacteriophages are produced when a T4 infects a bacterium

Date: Tue Mar 21 14:06:13 2000
Posted By: Tinsley Davis, Grad student, Microbiology, University of Wisconsin Madison
Area of science: Microbiology
ID: 948253677.Mi
Message:

Chris,

According to the text Microbiology (Prescott et al., 1996), the typical phage-mediated lysis of an E. coli cell at 37 degrees Celsius releases about 300 T4 bacteriophage particles. Good luck with your teaching!


-Tinsley


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