Table 4.
Host range of the six phages.
| Phage | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Serotype | Salmonella Strain | OBO18 | RMS3b | RMP9 | MP82 | TAT2F | DIN2 |
| S. Enteritidis | a | + | +++ | +++ | +++ | +++ | |
| b | ++ | +++ | + | +++ | + | ||
| c | + | + | +++ | +++ | |||
| d | + | +++ | ++ | +++ | + | ||
| S. Typhimurium | a | ++ | + | +++ | +++ | ||
| b | +++ | +++ | +++ | +++ | + | ||
| c | +++ | ++ | +++ | +++ | |||
| d | +++ | ++ | +++ | +++ | |||
| S. Infantis | a | + | +++ | +++ | |||
| b | +++ | + | +++ | ||||
| c | +++ | +++ | |||||
| d | +++ | +++ | |||||
| S. Paratyphi B | a | + | +++ | +++ | |||
| b | + | + | +++ | +++ | |||
| c | + | ++ | +++ | ||||
| d | + | +++ | +++ | ||||
| S. Indiana | a | + | +++ | + | +++ | ||
| b | +++ | + | +++ | ||||
| c | + | +++ | +++ | ||||
| d | + | +++ | + | +++ | |||
| Bacteria Total (n = 20) | 7/20 | 15/20 | 4/20 | 18/20 | 16/20 | 13/20 | |
+++ High EOP (single plaques obtained with 10−5 and 10−6 dilutions). ++ Medium EOP (single plaques obtained with 10−3 and 10−4 dilutions). + Low EOP (single plaques obtained with 10−1 and 10−2 dilutions, mostly turbid plaques).