Table 7 Efficiency of plating for spot test effective phages

EP-M-A

Shigella flexineri

2 × 10¹⁰

2.8 × 10⁹

0.7

ET-SD-TH

Salmonella typi.

2.8 × 10⁷

1.1 × 10⁸

0.2

EH-SD-TH

STEC

7.5 × 10⁷

5.2 × 10⁷

1.4

EH-B-A (A1)

STEC

5.1 × 10⁷

4.4 × 10⁸

1.2

EI-SP-GF

Shigella flexineri

9.0 × 10⁷

3.2 × 108

1.38

EH-B-A (A2)

Shigella flexineri

12.0 × 10⁹

3.0 × 10¹⁰

0.4

EP-B-K (E2)

Klebsiella pneumoniae

1.7 × 10⁹

1.8 × 10⁹

0.09