I would like to make pellets of phages. The protocol seems easy enough for instance this one from YouTube

https://youtu.be/detP_viS6BA?si=62rHDL2sXe8TVQU0

However I don't get any pellet.

For instance, I started with a 10 ml suspension of phage T7 alone titrated at 10^10 PFU / ml, I added 2.5 ml of a solution of 20% PEG 6000 2.5 mM NaCl, and I spun for 20 min at 16,000 g at 4 degrees.

While in the video this was sufficient to get a pellet, my tubes' wells were completely clear.

Am I missing something?

How can I improve the protocol?

Thanks

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