Adsorption of bacteriophages on polypropylene labware affects the reproducibility of phage research

Abstract Hydrophobicity is one of the most critical factors governing the adsorption of molecules and objects, such as virions, on surfaces. Even moderate change of wetting angle of plastic surfaces causes a drastic decrease ranging from 2 to 5 logs of the viruses (e.g., T4 phage) in the suspension...

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Main Authors: Łukasz Richter, Karolina Księżarczyk, Karolina Paszkowska, Marta Janczuk-Richter, Joanna Niedziółka-Jönsson, Jacek Gapiński, Marcin Łoś, Robert Hołyst, Jan Paczesny
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Portfolio 2021-04-01
Series:Scientific Reports
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-021-86571-x