๐Ÿ”ฌ Plaque Productivity

Number of phage virions produced overall in the course of phage population growth in association with solid or semi-solid class="bap-term" title=_blank>media.

by Stephen T. Abedon Ph.D. (abedon.1@osu.edu)

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About this entry: Plaque Productivity is one of a growing set of phage biology and phage therapy terms defined here. For more phage terms, see Abedon, S.T. (2025). Phage Therapy Annotated Glossary. Preprints.org. 10.20944/preprints202508.0347.v1

phage.org/terms/plaque_productivity.html  ·  Abedon’s Books  ·  DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.20173633

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Plaque Productivity: Number of phage virions produced overall in the course of phage population growth in association with solid or semi-solid class="bap-term" title=_blank>media.

Discussion

<p>Note that plaque productivity can be selected for via serial transfer for plaque-associated phages, particularly given transfer of multiple plaques where, upon homogenization, it is those plaques that contribute the most virions that are best represented post transfer. For additional consideration of plaque ecology" class="bap-term">productivity, see nih.gov/pubmed/21827665" class="bap-term" target=_blank>Gallet et al. (2011), Gallet et al. (2009), and Abedon and Culler (2007).

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Abedon, S.T. (2026). Phage Terms. https://terms.phage.org  ·  10.5281/zenodo.20173633

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