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  Garlic and Onion Extracts Enhance the Yield of T2 Bacteriophage in E. coli

  By Gerald Goldstein, Owen L. Kelling, Gregory L. Serpa, Karli L. Sturgill, Madeleine M. Vroom

  Abstract: It has been demonstrated that garlic and some of its components have anti-bacterial and/or anti-viral activity for viruses of humans in vitro. Increasing concentrations of garlic extract have no effect on the replication of E. coli cultured in nutrient broth. Increasing concentrations of garlic extract inhibit the replication of T4 Bacteriophage in E. coli but, surprisingly, E. coli cells treated with garlic extract produced a yield of T2 Bacteriophage up …

  Published in Research and Reviews : A Journal of Biotechnology · Vol. 5, Issue 2, 2015 · pp. 8–16 Read article →