a virus that is parasitic in a bacterium and multiplies within its host, which is destroyed when the new viruses are released
Often shortened to: phage
Examples of 'coliphage' in a sentence
coliphage
Coliphage removal from the filter backwash was 97 and 35% during 1999 and 2000, respectively.
Juan Antonio Vidales-Contreras, Charles Peter Gerba, Martin M Karpiscak, HumbertoRodriguez-Fuentes, Cristobal Chaidez-Quiroz, Emilio Olivares-Saenz 2011, 'PERFORMANCE OF A SURFACE FLOW CONSTRUCTED WETLAND SYSTEM USED TO TREAT SECONDARY EFFLUENTAND FILTER BACKWASH WATER', Tropical and Subtropical Agroecosystemshttp://www.revista.ccba.uady.mx/ojs/index.php/TSA/article/view/486. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
However, when secondary effluent entered the system, coliphage removal averaged 65%.
Juan Antonio Vidales-Contreras, Charles Peter Gerba, Martin M Karpiscak, HumbertoRodriguez-Fuentes, Cristobal Chaidez-Quiroz, Emilio Olivares-Saenz 2011, 'PERFORMANCE OF A SURFACE FLOW CONSTRUCTED WETLAND SYSTEM USED TO TREAT SECONDARY EFFLUENTAND FILTER BACKWASH WATER', Tropical and Subtropical Agroecosystemshttp://www.revista.ccba.uady.mx/ojs/index.php/TSA/article/view/486. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)