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Phage Ecology

by Stephen T. Abedon

Department of Microbiology
Ohio State University
Mansfield, OH 44906

The Bacteriophages, 2nd edition (2006)
Richard Calendar -- Oxford University Press

Fig. 5-1: General phage life cycle.  (tif)
Fig. 5-2: Phage adsorption & population growth…
Fig. 5-2A: …Free-phage adsorption.  (tif)
Fig. 5-2B: …Free-phage mean free time.  (tif)
Fig. 5-2C: …Phage growth.  (tif)
Fig. 5-2D: …Phage latent-period optima.  (tif)
Fig. 5-3: Computer-simulated chemostats…  (tif)
Fig. 5-3A: …Glucose-limited…  (tif)
Fig. 5-3B: …With phage adsorption rate cut in half.  (tif)
Fig. 5-3C: …With glucose density cut in half.  (tif)
Fig. 5-3D: …With phage burst size cut in half.  (tif)
Table 5-1: Defining phage ecology (pdf file).
Bibliography: References cited by chapter (pdf file).
Bibliography: Phage ecology (choose “phage ecology” following "Search:") (web site).
Bibliography: Phage modeling (choose “modeling phage growth”) or flat file (web sites).
Suppl. 5-1: Bacteriophage Ecology Group (web site).
Presented by www.phage.org and Stephen T. Abedon