Research Article

Isolation and Physiomorphological Characterization of Escherichia coli O157:H7-Infecting Bacteriophages Recovered from Beef Cattle Operations

Table 1

Host of phages against E. coli O157:H7 isolates.

StrainsP-1P-2P-3P-4P-5P-6P-7

ATCC 43895+++++++++++++++++++++
ATCC 43888+++++++++++++++++++++
O157:H7 RF1+++++++++++++++++++++
O157:H7 RF2+++++++++++++++++++++
O157:H7 RF3+++++++++++++++++++++
O157:H7 RF4++++++++++++++++++
O157:H7 RF5+++++++++++++++++++++
O157:H7 RF6
O157:H7 RF7
O157:H7 RF8+++++++++++++++++++++
O157:H7 RF9+++++++++++++++++++++
O157:H7 RF10+++++++++++++++++++++
O157:H7 RF11+++++++++++++++++++++
O157:H7 RF12+++++++++++++++++++++
O157:H7 RF13+++++++++++++++++++++
O157:H7 RF14+++++++++++++++++++++
O157:H7 RF15+++++++++++++++++++++
O157:H7 SF1+++++++++++++++++++++
O157:H7 SF2+++++++++++++++++++++
O157:H7 SF4+++++++++++++++++++++
O157:H7 SF5+++++++++++++++++++++
O157:H7 SF7+++++++++++++++++++++
O157:H7 SF8+++++++++++++++++++++
O157:H7 SF10+++++++++++++++++++++
O157:H7 SF12+++++++++++++++++++++
O157:H7 SF14+++++++++++++++++++++
O157:H7 SF15+++++++++++++++++++++
O157:H7 SW3
O157:H7 TW3
O157:H7 TE1++++++++++++++
O157:H7 TE2+++++++++++++++++++++
O157:H7 TF1+++++++++++++++++++++
O157:H7 TF2+++++++++++++++++++++
O157:H7 TF3+++++++++++++++++++++
O157:H7 TF4+++++++++++++++++++++
O157:H7 TF6+++++++++++++++++++++
O157:H7 TF7+++++++++++++++++++++
O157:H7 TF8+++++++++++++++++++++
O157:H7 TF9+++++++++++++++++++++
O157:H7 TF10+++++++++++++++++++++
O157:H7 TF11+++++++++++++++++++++
O157:H7 TF12+++++++++++++++++++++
O157:H7 TF13+++++++++++++++++++++
O157:H7 TF14+++++++++++++++++++++
O157:H7 RF15+++++++++++++++++++++
O157:H7 XW5+++++++++++++++++++++
O157:H7 JF4++++++++++++
O157:H7 LF4+++++++++++++++++++++
O157:H7 KF10+++++++++++++++++++++
O157:H7 JEQ1+++++++++++++++++++++
O157:H7 JF6+++++++++++++++++++++
O157:H7 KF7+++++++++++++++++++++
O157:H7 LF5+++++++++++++++++++++
O157:H7 EF2

on the degree of clarity on the bacterial lawn, the spots were differentiated into three categories: clear (+++), turbid (++), or no reaction (—).