Effectiveness of a Lytic Phage SRG1 against Vancomycin-Resistant Enterococcus faecalis in Compost and Soil

Table 2

The reduction of E. faecalis by phage in different samples; the phage titer pfu/ml 10 × 10⁷ was used along with cfu/ml of original culture 3.5 × 10⁹ and cfu/ml of diluted culture 1.6 × 10⁸.

Sample	CFU after 24 hrs, control	CFU after 48 hrs, control	CFU after 24 hrs, sample	CFU after 48 hrs, sample
Compost A (Plantfert)	1.95 × 10^8	2.20 × 10^8	0	0
Compost B (few)	2.04 × 10^8	2.25 × 10^8	0	0
Compost C (Plantafor, Germany)	1.74 × 10^8	1.86 × 10^8	0	0
Compost P	1.8 × 10^8	2.16 × 10^8	7.0 × 10^7	2.4 × 10^7
Soil sample	1.88 × 10^8	2.11 × 10^8	9.0 × 10^7	1.10 × 10^7