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Exploring Gut Phage-Bacteria Dynamics in Murine Models Using T4 Phage

January 26th, 2024
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1Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Life Sciences Institute, University of British Columbia, 2Department of Biology, San Diego State University, 3School of Biomedical Engineering, University of British Columbia, 4Humans and the Microbiome Program, Canadian Institute for Advanced Research

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Bacteriophages (phages), viruses that infect bacteria, are an integral component of the gut microbiome. Though these symbiotic inhabitants drive bacterial fitness and population dynamics, little is understood about how they impact gut homeostasis and disease. This protocol studies isolated T4 phages within a mouse model, adaptable to other phage-bacterial pairs.

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