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Escherichia coli bacteriophage T6

11303-B6

Product category
Viruses
Product type
Bacteriophage
Strain designation
T6
Product format
Freeze-dried
Storage conditions
2°C to 8°C
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Documentation

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ATCC highly recommends that appropriate personal protective equipment is always used when handling vials. For cultures that require storage in liquid nitrogen, it is important to note that some vials may leak when submersed in liquid nitrogen and will slowly fill with liquid nitrogen. Upon thawing, the conversion of the liquid nitrogen back to its gas phase may result in the vial exploding or blowing off its cap with dangerous force creating flying debris. Unless necessary, ATCC recommends that these cultures be stored in the vapor phase of liquid nitrogen rather than submersed in liquid nitrogen.

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Detailed product information

General

Preceptrol
No

Handling information

Host
Escherichia coli B [CIP 103914, NCIB 11595, NRC 745] (ATCC 11303)
Medium
Temperature
37°C
Atmosphere
Aerobic
Handling procedure
  1. Follow general procedures given below for phage propagation.
  2. Escherichia coli strain B (ATCC® 11303™) is recommended as host.

 

GENERAL PROCEDURES FOR THE PROPAGATION OF BACTERIOPHAGE

To recover phage from freeze-dried or thawed LN2 vial:

  1. Prepare an actively growing broth culture of the recommended host strain before opening the phage specimen.  The host should be 18-24 hours old.
  2. Pre-warm plates of the recommended medium in an incubator.  Overlay the surface with 2.5 mL of melted 0.5% agar (same medium) which contains one or two drops of the 18-24 hour host.  The soft agar should be maintained 43 to 45°C till ready to pour.  It may be advisable to use a water bath.  Allow overlay to harden.
  3. Open vial according to enclosed instructions. It is recommended to rehydrate the phage in 0.25 mL #129 broth to begin a serial dilution using 2.25 mL broth tubes.
  4. The phage can be serially diluted using 1:10 dilutions in #129 broth. Repeat for as many dilutions as required. To plate, place 0.1mL of the phage dilutions onto the plates prepared in step b.
  5. Alternatively, many strains may also be titrated without a soft-agar overlay.  Pipette approximately 1.0 mL of the host onto the surface of each plate. After tilting plate to ensure the entire surface is covered, the excess liquid is aspirated off.  After the surface dries, the various dilutions of the phage are dropped onto the surface as before.
    NOTE:  Spotting the phage on plates makes visualizing the lysis easier.  If phage is added directly to soft-agar before pouring plates, hazy or tiny plaques may be difficult to see.  Resistant host bacteria may also mask plaque formation.

To propagate phage:
  1. Phage may be propagated by preparing plates with the soft-agar/host overlay as above and covering the surface with approximately 0.5 mL of the concentrated phage.  Or, alternatively, you may add the phage directly to the melted agar/host before pouring over the plates.  For larger amounts, large-size T-flasks can be prepared with the recommended agar, and approximately 12.0 mL of melted soft-agar/host poured over the surface.  Phage is then allowed to run over hardened surface.  Phage may also be added directly to melted soft-agar before pouring as described above.
  2. After 24 hours incubation, the soft agar is scraped off the surface of the agar plates.  Centrifuge at about 1000 rpm for 25 minutes to sediment the cellular debris and agar.  Conserve the supernatant.
  3. This supernatant is passed through a .22 µm Millipore filter and the filtrate stored at 4-8°C.  Lysates should remain viable under refrigeration for long periods.  They may also be frozen with or without cryoprotectant.  If available, liquid nitrogen storage is the best method for long term storage. Most phage can also be freeze-dried using double-strength skim milk.
    NOTE:  Broth propagation methods may also be employed with most phage.  Unless otherwise noted, ATCC uses the Adams agar-overlay method as described in M. H. Adams' Bacteriophages (Interscience Publishers, Inc., New York, 1959) for routine phage production.
Handling notes
A few resistant bacterial colonies may be seen in areas of complete lysis. In broth culture, the production of resistant host bacteria prevents the broth from clearing.
Additional information on this culture is available on the ATCC® web site at www.atcc.org.

History

Deposited as
T6
Depositors
SE Luria
Cross references
GenBank NC_054907 Enterobacteria phage T6 DNA, complete genome

Legal disclaimers

Intended use
This product is intended for laboratory research use only. It is not intended for any animal or human therapeutic use, any human or animal consumption, or any diagnostic use.
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