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TEM of Bacteriophages Found in Marine Sources

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  14 March 2018

Adella Fejeran ,
Jesus Polanco ,
Gabriel Lander ,
Teddy Ajero Jr ,
Bridget Carragher  and
Clinton S. Potter
Adella Fejeran
Affiliation:
Mount Miguel High School, Spring Valley, CA
Jesus Polanco
Affiliation:
Hilltop High School, Chula Vista, CA
Gabriel Lander
Affiliation:
National Resource for Automated Molecular Microscopy, The Scripps Research Institute, La Jolla, CA
Teddy Ajero Jr
Affiliation:
National Resource for Automated Molecular Microscopy, The Scripps Research Institute, La Jolla, CA
Bridget Carragher
Affiliation:
National Resource for Automated Molecular Microscopy, The Scripps Research Institute, La Jolla, CA
Clinton S. Potter*
Affiliation:
National Resource for Automated Molecular Microscopy, The Scripps Research Institute, La Jolla, CA
*
[email protected]

Abstract

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We describe here a project to illustrate the diversity and abundance of marine bacteriophages undertaken by two high school students participating in The Scripps Research Institute's High School Student Research Education Program. The students were interns in the Automated Molecular Imaging group over the summer of 2007, during which time they acquired high magnification transmission electron microscopy images of bacteriophage filtered from samples collected from nearby marine waters. The basic protocols for sample collection, grid preparation, and electron microscopy imaging are described in this manuscript along with some of the images of the bacteriophages.

Type
Research Article
Information
Microscopy Today , Volume 15 , Issue 6 , November 2007 , pp. 28 - 31
Copyright
Copyright © Microscopy Society of America 2007

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