Agar 214530

Cladophora cellulose was provided by FMC Biopolymer (batch 3095-10; Newark, DE, USA). FIX-rich PCC was provided by National Center for Hematology, Moscow, Russia, as lyophilized powder. Coliphages ΦX174 (ATCC 13706-B1™) and PR772 (BAA-769-B1), and the host bacteria Escherichia coli (Migula) Castellani and Chalmers C (ATCC 13706) and K12 J53-1(R15) [HER 1221] (BAA-769) strains were obtained from ATCC (Manassas, VA, USA). Agar (214530) was obtained from BD (Franklin Lakes, NJ, USA). Tryptone (LP0042B) and yeast extract (Oxoid) (LP0021) were obtained from Thermo Fisher Scientific. Phosphate-buffered saline (P4417), 2-mercaptoethanol (M3148), sodium chloride (S5886), sodium phosphate dibasic (71640) and 2-mercaptoethanol (M3148) were purchased from Sigma-Aldrich (Saint Louis, MO, USA). Any kD™ Mini-PROTEAN^® TGX Stain-Free™ protein gels (4568125), tris/glycine/SDS running buffer (1610732), 4x Laemmli Sample Buffer (1610747), and Precision Plus Protein™ unstained protein standards (1610363) were purchased from Bio-Rad (Hercules, CA, USA).

Cladophora algae cellulose was obtained from FMC BioPolymer (Newark, DE, USA) (batch G3828-112). 5 nm gold particles in 0.1 mM phosphate buffered saline (PBS) aqueous solution (752568-25ML, lot numbers MKBW8968V and MKBV6029V), phosphate buffered saline (P4417) and sodium chloride (S5886) were obtained from Sigma-Aldrich (Saint Louis, MO, USA). Escherichia coli bacteriophage ΦX174 (ATCC^®® 13706™) and Escherichia coli (Migula) Castellani and Chalmers (E. coli) (ATCC^®® 13706-B1™) were obtained from ATCC (Manassas, VA, USA). Yeast extract (212750), tryptone (211699) and agar (214530) were obtained from BD (Franklin Lakes, NJ, USA).