Table 3.

Bacterial strains used for training according to the Appelmans protocol and their characteristics.

Bacterial strains	Serotype and resistance	Susceptibility to phages (Table 2) before Appelmans protocol
Salmonella BfR 19-SA02184	S. Indiana	non-susceptible
Salmonella BfR 20-SA01020	S. typhimurium	non-susceptible
Salmonella BfR 20-SA02231	S. enteritidis	non-susceptible
Salmonella BfR 20-SA00418	S. enterica subsp. enterica rough variant	susceptible to phage vB_Eco_LmqsK33-12 and phage vB_Sty-LmqsSP6
E. coli 19/302/1/A	O2	susceptible to phage vB_Eco_LmqsK33-12
ESBL E. coli 716	Cefotaxim resistance (MIC 19 μg/mL)	susceptible to phage vB_Eco_LmqsK31-21
ESBL E. coli 290.1	Ceftazidim and Cefotaxim resistance (both MIC 4 μg/mL)	non-susceptible
ESBL E. coli 271	Ceftazidim and Cefotaxim resistance (both MIC 8 μg/mL)	non-susceptible