SEA-PHAGES: Biol 122
Term: Fall semester, starting Aug 30, 2021
Primary Instructor: Brian Tarbox
Type: In situ (phage discovery/microbiology)
Hosts used: Microbacterium foliorum
Number of students: 5
Freshmen: 3
Sophomores: 2
Meetings per week: 2
Hours per week: 4.0
The htree freshmen are isolating phage. The two sophomores are developing a qpcr assay for cluster EE phage. They will use the assay in an eDNA approach to locate biofilms where EE phage might be found.