Table 1 Host range and EOPs of phage pSs-1 against all the bacterial strains used in this study.

From: Bacteriophage application to control the contaminated water with Shigella

Bacterial species ( n )

Strain

Infectivity a

EOPs b

Shigella sonnei (4)

ATCC® c 25931

++

(1.00)

 

ATCC® 29930

++

(0.77 ± 0.07)

 

ATCC® 11060

++

(0.73 ± 0.08)

 

ATCC® 9290

++

(0.65 ± 0.05)

Shigella flexneri (3)

ATCC® 29903

++

(0.91 ± 0.05)

 

ATCC® 11836

++

(0.42 ± 0.03)

 

ATCC® 12022

+

(0.17 ± 0.07)

Shigella boydii (2)

ATCC® 35966

 

ATCC® 8700

Escherichia coli (2)

ATCC® 25922

 

DH10B d

  1. a++, clear plaque; +, turbid plaque; −, no plaque.
  2. bThe EOP (efficiency of plating) values were shown as the mean of observations at three different occasions.
  3. cpurchased from the American Type Culture Collection.
  4. dpurchased from Invitrogen.