describe how the exercise of streaking a loop full of lytic T4-phage suspension over a petri dish with E. coli B, Enterobacter aerogenes and Staphylococcus aureus demonstrates the principle of phage typing.
describe how the exercise of streaking a loop full of lytic T4-phage suspension over a petri dish with E. coli B, Enterobacter aerogenes and Staphylococcus aureus demonstrates the principle of phage typing.
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