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coliphage

[′kä·lə‚fāj]
(virology)
Any bacteriophage able to infect Escherichia coli.
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Ng, "Effects of pH and temperature on the survival of coliphages MS2 and QB," Journal of Industrial Microbiology and Biotechnology, vol.
Implementation of two plate count methods for detection of somatic coliphages and contributions to the standard methodologies
Somatic coliphage in DSE and soil leachates were enumerated using a soft agar overlay method (ISO 1995).
1998 Yes, [Br.sup.-] and coliphage tracers used Whitehead and Geary Yes, N[0.sub.3.sup.-] as tracer and WQ 2000 monitoring suggests a strongly link.
coli per 100 g, [is not greater than] 30 and <30 colonies of enterococci per 100 g, and 1475 and 250 plaque-forming units of male-specific coliphage per 100 g.
Simultaneous comparison of murine norovirus, feline calicivirus, coliphage MS2, and GII.4 norovirus to evaluate the efficacy of sodium hypochlorite against human norovirus on a fecally soiled stainless steel surface.
According to one estimate about there is one human pathogenic bacterium per 1000 coliform bacteria in sludge and one human enteric virus in Class B sludge per 1000 coliphage (Tanner et al., 2005).
Levels of fecal coliforms, Escherichia coil, male-specific coliphage, and norovirus genogroups I and II were determined.
Coliphage removal from the filter backwash was 97 and 35% during 1999 and 2000, respectively.
Method 1601: male-specific (F+) and somatic coliphage in water by two-step enrichment procedure.
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