Isolation and Characterization of Phages Infecting Bacillus subtilis

Table 1

Bacillus subtilis strains and bacteriophages.

Number	Strain	Origin	Bacteriophage typing
			SUBω	SPOσ	SIO	ARπ
1	B. subtilis ATCC 6633	Polish Academy of Sciences, Wroclaw	+	+	−	−
2	B. subtilis 168	Institute, Rijksuniversiteit Groningen, Holland	0	+	0	0
3	B. subtilis SWV215		+	+	−	−
4	B. subtilis 10	University of Wroclaw, Faculty of Biotechnology	−	−	+	−
5	B. subtilis B3	Wroclaw University of Environmental and Life Sciences, Faculty of Food Science	+	+	−	+
6	B. subtilis Ż7-mutant B3		+	+	−	+
7	B. subtilis Ż17-mutant B3		+	+	−	+
8	B. subtilis Ż25-mutant B3		+	+	−	+
9	B. subtilis Hb36-mutant B3		+	+	−	+
10	B. subtilis B20		0	+	−	0
11	B. subtilis P22		+	+	−	+
12	B. subtilis KT20		0	−	0	0
13	B. subtilis 172		+	+	−	+
14	B. subtilis B24		0	+	−	0
15	B. subtilis PCM1938	Polish Academy of Sciences, Wroclaw	+	+	−	−
16	B. subtilis PCM 2226		+	+	+	−
17	B. subtilis PCM 486		0	+	−	0
18	B. subtilis PCM 2189		+	+	−	−
19	B. subtilis PCM 2005		+	+	−	0
20	B. subtilis PCM 2224		+	+	−	−

(−) Plaques not formed, (+) distinct clear plaques, and (0) hazy plaques.