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. 2013 Sep;94(3):175–179. doi: 10.1016/j.mimet.2013.06.015

Table 1.

Limit of detection of phage assay in spiked sheep blood.

Approx. number of MAP cells in inoculum (pfu) Number of MAP detected (pfu)
104 Confluent a
103 TNTC b
102 151
101 9
100 0
a

Confluent: lysis of 80% to 90% of the lawn of M. smegmatis cells.

b

TNTC: Too numerous to count; merging of plaques.