Temperature Tolerance and Kinetics of Thermal Inactivation in E. coli communior Phage of Various Concentrations. ∗

Abstract

Summary

The curves for heat inactivation of an E. coli communior phage show that in the dried state, rate of inactivation varies exponentially with each degree rise in temperature, whereas, in the wet state a more complicated relationship exists. This is also reflected by the observation that the dried phage is inactivated logarithmically with time over a wide temperature range whereas the wet preparations of phage are not.