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Table 6 Host range of phages isolated on E. coli hosts

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

Phages

Test organisms of bacterial species and other E. coli strains

Sal. typhimurium

Sh. flexinari

K. pneumoniae

EPEC

ETEC

EHEC

EIEC

EAEC

STEC

EP-M-A

+

+

+

H

–

–

–

+

+

EP-M-K

–

–

–

H

–

–

–

–

+

EP-B-K (B)

–

–

–

H

–

–

–

–

–

EP-B-K (E2)

+

–

+

H

–

–

–

–

+

EH-SD-TH

+

–

–

–

+

H

–

–

+

ET-SD-TH

+

+

–

–

H

+

–

–

–

EI-SP-GF

+

+

–

–

–

+

H

–

+

EH-B-A (A1)

+

+

–

–

–

H

–

–

+

EH-SP-TH

–

–

–

–

–

H

–

–

–

EH-B-A (A2)

+

+

–

–

–

H

–

–

+

ST-T-K

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

H

ST-M-A

–

–

–

+

–

–

–

+

H

EA-SP-SMA

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

H

–

EA-SD-FA

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

H

–

ST-M-K

–

–

–

+

–

–

–

–

H

EA-M-A

–

–

–

+

–

–

–

H

+

EA-T-A

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

H

–

  1. + lysis, − no plaques, H host isolated