Armon R, Cabelli V J
Department of Microbiology, University of Rhode Island, Kingston 02881.
Can J Microbiol. 1988 Aug;34(8):1022-4. doi: 10.1139/m88-180.
Experimentally adsorbed bacteriophage f2 was eluted from clay particles in estuarine water using 1% Tween, 80.3% beef extract, and 0.3 M NaNO3 with 54% recovery. Replacing sodium nitrate with tetrasodium pyrophosphate (0.4 M) increased the recovery to 81%. Estuarine sediments treated with 1% Tween 80 revealed significantly higher male-specific phage elutions.
