Plaques

S. T. Abedon; E. Bartom

doi:10.1016/B978-0-12-374984-0.01171-2

Plaques

S. T. Abedon^*, E. Bartom

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Biochemistry and Molecular Genetics

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Plaques are parasite-mediated regions of clearing in especially two-dimensional arrays of target cells. They are important for parasite isolation, enumeration, and characterization, particularly, of virus and bacteriophages. A related procedure, called spotting, is not 100% equivalent to plaquing since spots can form without parasite replication. Various efforts have been made to mathematically model plaque formation, in many cases treating the course of plaque formation as a reaction-diffusion process. This article describes what plaques are, how they form, and complications associated with their use as a means of especially bacteriophage visualization.

Original language	English (US)
Title of host publication	Brenner's Encyclopedia of Genetics
Subtitle of host publication	Second Edition
Publisher	Elsevier Inc
Pages	356-357
Number of pages	2
ISBN (Electronic)	9780080961569
ISBN (Print)	9780123749840
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/B978-0-12-374984-0.01171-2
State	Published - Feb 27 2013

Keywords

Bacteriophage
Efficiency of center of infection
Efficiency of plating
Infective center
Plaques
Reaction-diffusion
Virus

ASJC Scopus subject areas

General Agricultural and Biological Sciences
General Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology
General Medicine

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