Table 1. Synopsis of characterized Listeria bacteriophages.

Phage name	Family (EM-confirmed)	Dimensions (head × tail)	Genome size (bp)	Lifestyle (host name)	Host serovar	Remarks	Refs.
01761	Myoviridae	66 × 270	48306	Temperate (PS1803)	1/2		84, unpublished data
11355C	Siphoviridae	63 × 320			1/2		84
11711A	Siphoviridae	63 × 320			1/2		84
02971A	Siphoviridae	64 × 307			1/2		84
02971C	Siphoviridae	64 × 306			1/2		84
90666	Siphoviridae	60 × 311			4		19, 84
907515	Siphoviridae	60 × 295			1/2		84
10072	Siphoviridae	61 × 292			1/2		84
12981	Siphoviridae	63 × 302			1/2		84
13441	Siphoviridae	61 × 315			1/2		84
00241	Siphoviridae	64 × 300			1/2		84
00611	Siphoviridae	63 × 301			1/2		84
90861	Siphoviridae	61 × 173			4		19, 84
910716	Siphoviridae	60 × 179			4		19, 84
93253	Siphoviridae	61 × 171			4		19, 84
A005		62 × 280			1/2		84
A006	Siphoviridae	62 × 280	38124	Temperate (WSLC 1006)	1/2	Transducing	19, 30, 31, 33
A020	Siphoviridae	63 × 248		Temperate (WSLC 1020)	4, 5		30, 50
A118	Siphoviridae	61 × 298	40834	Temperate (WSLC 1118)	1/2	Transducing	13, 19, 30
A500	Siphoviridae	62 × 274	38867	Temperate	4	ATCC 23074-Bl, transducing	19, 30, 31, 33, 50
A502	Siphoviridae	62 × 302	~39000	Temperate	1/2	Isolation from sewage, transducing	19, 30–32, 50
A511	Myoviridae	87 × 199	137619a	Virulent	1/2, 4, 5, 6	Isolation from sewage	19, 27, 30, 32, 50
A640	Siphoviridae	62 × 305		Temperate	4		19, 84
B012	Siphoviridae	61 × 286	41464	Temperate (WSLC 2012)	5, 6		30–32, 50
B021	Siphoviridae	61 × 302		Temperate	4		19, 84
B024	Siphoviridae	59 × 239	~37000	Temperate (WSLC 2024)	5, 6		30–32, 50
B025	Siphoviridae	63 × 252	42653	Temperate (WSLC 2025)	5, 6		30–33, 50
B035	Siphoviridae	63 × 294	38881	Temperate (WSLC 2035)	5, 6		30–32, 50
B051 (4211)c	Siphoviridae	62 × 245		Temperate (WSLC 2051)	5, 6		30, 32
B053	Siphoviridae	59 × 244	43471	Temperate (WSLC 2053)	5, 6		30–32, unpublished data
B054 (4286)c	Myoviridae	64 × 244	48172	Temperate (WSLC 2054)	5, 6		30–33
B055 (4295)c	Siphoviridae	62 × 242		Temperate (WSLC 2055)	5, 6		30, 32
B056 (5337)c	Siphoviridae	59 × 285	~35000	Temperate (WSLC 2056)	5, 6		30–32
B101	Siphoviridae	61 × 280	40862	Temperate (WSLC 2101)	5, 6		30–32, unpublished data
B110	Siphoviridae	57 × 288	39390	Temperate (WSLC 2110)	4, 6		30–32, unpublished data
B545	Siphoviridae	62 × 258		Temperate (WSLC 2545)	5, 6		30, 32
B620		61 × 299					84
B640	Siphoviridae	62 × 305		Temperate (WSLC 2640)	4	Transducing	19, 84
B653	Siphoviridae	61 × 260	37943	Temperate (WSLC 2653)	1/2, 4, 5, 6		30, 32, unpublished data
C707	Siphoviridae	60 × 243			5	Isolation from sewage	30, 32, 50
D441	Siphoviridae	63 × 247	~37000	Temperate (WSLC 4441)	4, 5		30–32
P35	Siphoviridae	58 × 110	35822	virulent	1/2	transduction experimentally proven	19, 33
P40	Siphoviridae	56 × 108	35638	Virulent	1/2, 4, 5, 6		33
P70	Siphoviridae	(128 × 57) × 141	67170	Virulent	1/2, 4, 5, 6		21
P100	Myoviridae	90 × 198	131384b		1/2, 4, 5, 6		26, 27
PSA	Siphoviridae	61 × 180	37618	Temperate	4		14, 19, 84

^a Including terminal redundancy of 3125 bp. ^bUnit genome size, probably features a 6 kb terminal redundancy. 
^cNumbers in parentheses are designations by Rocourt et al.⁸⁵