Do phages have Pre/Post Zone effect?

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As an experiment, serial dilution of phages were utilized to prevent biofilm formation, and there is a awesome result. Pure phage and 1/10 dilution have no strong effect whereas 1/100 and 1/1000 decrease OD dramatically.

Zinan xu

Hi Reza, what were the MOI that you used in your experiment, and how did you do it (you siad 'prevent biofilm formation')?

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