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Table 1 E. coli strains used as host and host range tests

From: Isolation and characterization of lytic bacteriophages from various sources in Addis Ababa against antimicrobial-resistant diarrheagenic Escherichia coli strains and evaluation of their therapeutic potential

No

Isolate code

Strains

Antibiotics profile

Source

1

EHEC-52A

Enterohemorrhagic E. coli (EHEC)

Resistant to CMP, GM, AMX

Children, diarrheic

2

EPEC-46A

Enteropathogenic E. coli (EPEC)

Resistant to AMP, AMX, NOR, CS3

Childern, diarrheic

3

STEC-29A

Shiga-toxin producing E. coli (STEC)

Resistant to TMT, CS3, AMP, CMP, AMX

Calf, diarrheic

4

ETEC-41A

Enterotoxigenic E. coli (ETEC)

Resistant to TMT, GM, AMX

Calf, diarrheic

5

EAEC-02A

Enteroaggregative E. coli (EAEC)

Resistant to CIP, AMP

Children, diarrheic

6

EIEC-24

Enteroinvasive E. coli (EIEC)

Resistant to CIP, TC, AMX, GC, AMP

Calf, diarrheic

  1. E. coli strains resistant to three or more antibiotics were considered MDR strains