๐Ÿ”ฌ Wavefront

The leading edge of propagation such as one sees at a plaque's periphery during plaque formation.

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

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About this entry: Wavefront 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/wavefront.html  ·  Abedon’s Books  ·  DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.20173633

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Wavefront: The leading edge of propagation such as one sees at a plaque's periphery during plaque formation.

Discussion

<p>Wavefront velocities generally are higher the faster virions diffuse or the shorter phage latent periods. Larger phage burst sizes also are thought to contribute to faster wave-front velocities. Wavefront additionally might be observed during phage propagation at the expense of bacterial biofilms.

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

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