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. 1998 Feb;64(2):575–580. doi: 10.1128/aem.64.2.575-580.1998

TABLE 3.

Influence of bacterial host on plating efficiency

Bacteriophage Phage production host Indicator host Titera EOP
Group 1
 SN-1 S. natans ATCC 13338 S. natans ATCC 13338 2.65 × 1010  1.00
S. natans ATCC 13338 P. aeruginosa PAO303 1.15 × 1011  4.3 
P. aeruginosa PAO303 P. aeruginosa PAO303 7.5 × 1011  1.00
P. aeruginosa PAO303 S. natans ATCC 13338 1.25 × 1011  0.17
 SN-2 S. natans ATCC 13338 S. natans ATCC 13338 4.6 × 109  1.00
S. natans ATCC 13338 P. aeruginosa PAO303 1.6 × 1011 34.7 
P. aeruginosa PAO303 P. aeruginosa PAO303 5.25 × 1011  1.00
P. aeruginosa PAO303 S. natans ATCC 13338 4 × 1010   0.076
 SN-X S. natans ATCC 13338 S. natans ATCC 13338 2.8 × 1010  1.00
S. natans ATCC 13338 P. aeruginosa PAO303 1 × 1011 3.6
P. aeruginosa PAO303 P. aeruginosa PAO303 2.3 × 1011  1.00
P. aeruginosa PAO303 S. natans ATCC 13338 1.35 × 1011  0.59
 SN-T S. natans ATCC 13338 S. natans ATCC 13338 5.55 × 109  1.00
S. natans ATCC 13338 P. aeruginosa PAO303 8.45 × 109  1.52
P. aeruginosa PAO303 P. aeruginosa PAO303 3.45 × 1011  1.00
P. aeruginosa PAO303 S. natans ATCC 13338 1.7 × 1011  0.49
Group 2
 BHR1 P. aeruginosa PAO303 P. aeruginosa PAO303 8.85 × 1010  1.00
P. aeruginosa PAO303 E. coli AB1157 1.7 × 104 1.9 × 10−7
E. coli AB1157 E. coli AB1157 2.57 × 1010  1.00
E. coli AB1157 P. aeruginosa PAO303 2.44 × 105 9.5 × 10−6
 BHR2 P. aeruginosa PAO303 P. aeruginosa PAO303 5.95 × 1010  1.00
P. aeruginosa PAO303 E. coli AB1157 2.3 × 105 3.86 × 10−6
E. coli AB1157 E. coli AB1157 2.76 × 1010  1.00
E. coli AB1157 P. aeruginosa PAO303 1.75 × 102 6.35 × 10−9
 BHR3 E. coli AB1157 E. coli AB1157 4.6 × 1010  1.00
E. coli AB1157 S. natans ATCC 13338 4.5 × 101 9.8 × 10−9
S. natans ATCC 13338 S. natans ATCC 13338 2 × 1011  1.00
S. natans ATCC 13338 E. coli AB1157 1.3 × 103 6.4 × 10−9
 BHR4 E. coli AB1157 E. coli AB1157 6.8 × 107  1.00
E. coli AB1157 S. natans ATCC 13338 1 × 102 1.5 × 10−6
S. natans ATCC 13338 S. natans ATCC 13338 1.4 × 109  1.00
S. natans ATCC 13338 E. coli AB1157 1.6 × 104 1.1 × 10−5
 BHR5 E. coli AB1157 E. coli AB1157 2.3 × 108  1.00
E. coli AB1157 S. natans ATCC 13338 1.2 × 102   5 × 10−7
S. natans ATCC 13338 S. natans ATCC 13338 1.1 × 109  1.00
S. natans ATCC 13338 E. coli AB1157 4.8 × 103 4.4 × 10−6
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Data shown are the means of triplicate independent experiments.