It is used to identify single strains of bacteria therefore, tracing the outbreak of infections.
Bacterial viruses attack specific cells
Hershey and chase
there is nothing like SDS phage but... 1. SDS is a well know detergent used to denature proteins before electrophoresis called SDSPAGE. 2. phage (bacteriophage) is a virus that infects the bacteria which contains eother DNA or RNA. SDS PAGE can be used to determine the phage proteins which u can call SDSPAGE of phage.
Well you have to do blood typing.
Maltose is used in phage titration because some bacteriophages use maltose as a carbon source. By including maltose in the diluent, the phages are provided with the necessary nutrients to replicate and form visible plaques on a bacterial lawn, which can then be counted to calculate the phage titer.
phage
temperate phage
phage basically means ''eater'' in case of bacteriophage it means bacteria eater
DNA single
The scientists used a blender to break open the bacterial cells infected by phages, releasing the phage DNA. This demonstrated that the phage DNA carries instructions to produce new phage particles when introduced into a host bacterial cell.
The substance a phage leaves outside its host cell is typically referred to as the "phage progeny" or "phage particles." These particles can include newly synthesized phage DNA and proteins, as well as the phage capsid that encapsulates the genetic material. This material can go on to infect other host cells and continue the phage replication cycle.
Hershey and Chase used radioactive sulfur-35 to tag phage proteins and radioactive phosphorus-32 to tag phage DNA in their experiments on bacteriophages.