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How does dilution of the inoculum synchronize the infection?

April 26, 2017dilution infection inoculum synchronize

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How does dilution of the inoculum synchronize the infection?

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Any phage particles which have already bound to host cells during the 1 minute incubation will have initiated an infection (synchronized to within 1 minute). Removing unattached phage particles by discarding the supernatent effectively prevents any further infections being initiated.