Table 1.

E. coli strains used for determination of the Bp7 host range

Strain no.a	Strain	Serotype	Infectivityb
1	HL041025A	O24	C
2	CH041025A	O15	N
3	ZC041025A	O78	N
4	H041027A	O88	C
5	C041027A	X	C
6	EC041029A	O78	C
7	EH041029B	O78	C
8	C041029A	O78	C
9	H041029	O78	C
10	L041030A	O78	N
11	Z041030B	O1	N
12	EZ041122A	O73	C
13	EZ041030A	O35	N
14	EZ041030B	O78	N
15	L041030B	O78	C
16	L041030C	O78	N
17	C041101A	O35	N
18	EC041101A	O35	N
19	H041103A	O23	C
20	H041103D	O88	C
21	H041103B	O78	N
22	H041104A	O24	N
23	CK041105	O78	N
24	H041108C	O76	N
25	H041108B	O78	N
26	Z041108D	O5	N
27	Z041108A	O78	N
28	EH041110B	O76	N
29	EH041110D	X	C
30	ER041118B	X	C
31	G041126A	O93	N
32	EHJJ041116A	O78	N
33	ER041118C	X	C
34	ER041118B	X	C
35	ER041118A	O157	C
36	BL21		C
37	JM109		C
38	JM110		C
39	DH5α		C

^aStrains 1 to 35 were isolated from diseased chicken organs and identified in 2004 and are multiresistant to antibiotics at different levels. Strains 36 to 39 are laboratory E. coli strains used widely in gene engineering.

^bC, clear lysis; N, no lysis.