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Why would some bacteria be susceptible and others resistant to bacteriophage lysis?

Why is the waste treatment plant a potentially good source of bacteriophages that lyse and kill pathogenic bacteria?

Did the stock and amplified phage lyse the same bacteria? Explain why or why not.

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