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:a. Swab patients, grow samples on Modified Thayer Martin medium, broth cultures grown in Trypticase Soy Broth.  | :a. Swab patients, grow samples on Modified Thayer Martin medium, broth cultures grown in Trypticase Soy Broth.  | ||
:b. Supernatants harvested and filtered through a 0.2um filter and analyzed by SDS-PAGE.  | :b. Supernatants harvested and filtered through a 0.2um filter and analyzed by SDS-PAGE.  | ||
:c.    | :c. Characterize phage via PCR  | ||
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5.Develop methods by which bacteriophages can be cultured and used as prophylaxis and therapy for gonoccocal infections.  | 5.Develop methods by which bacteriophages can be cultured and used as prophylaxis and therapy for gonoccocal infections.  | ||
:a. Test and optimize growth conditions for strains of antibiotic resistant gonorrhea from which bacteriophage can be isolated.  | |||
:b. Harvest phage and perform proof-of-concept, in vitro experiments in which gonorrhea is lysed with preparations of bacteriophage.  | |||
== Experiments and Anticipated Problems ==  | == Experiments and Anticipated Problems ==  | ||
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