Corrigendum

Article title: “Phage fitness may help predict phage therapy efficacy”

Authors: Heather M Lindberg, Kurt A McKean, and Ing-Nang Wang

Journal: Bacteriophage

Bibliometrics:Volume 4, Issue 4, pages e964081-1–e964081–7

DOI: 10.4161/21597073.2014.964081

Table 1 and Figure 1A were incorrect in the original online publication. The correct Table 1 and Figure 1A appear below:

Table 1.

Phage traits, in vitro growth rate, and mean survival time

	Measurement*
	Adsorption rate† (× 107)	Lysis time†	Burst size†	Growth rate†	Mean ST†
LB	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	22.8 ± 0.48
HWPB-1	1.66 ± 0.61	100 ± 0	392.8 ± 220.1	1.53 ± 0.03	32.8 ± 0.82
HWPB-2	1.73 ± 0.23	50 ± 0	260.0 ± 101.9	4.84 ± 0.03	45.7 ± 1.19
HWPB-3	0.39 ± 0.14	93 ± 7	36.8 ± 15.1	0.72 ± 0.06	31.5 ± 0.80
HWNPB-1	9.14 ± 0.97	70 ± 6	589.4 ±12.6	0.33 ± 0.02	27.8 ± 0.64
HWNPB-2	10.99 ± 1.57	47 ± 3	246.1 ± 55.3	2.41 ± 0.06	33.2 ± 0.79
HWNPB-3	3.75 ± 1.55	47 ± 3	116.5 ± 42.5	1.21 ± 0.13	32.0 ± 0.84

^*The units for each phage trait and measurement are: adsorption rate, cell⁻¹ mL⁻¹ hr⁻¹; lysis time, min; burst size, phage/cell; growth rate (hr⁻¹); mean survival time (using the Kaplan-Meier estimator), hr.

^†Showing mean ± standard error.

^‡Showing mean (95% confidence interval).

Figure 1A.

In the Results section, subsection titled “Phage traits and growth rate,” some data was incorrect. The first paragraph in this section should read:

We determined several phage traits, such as adsorption rate, lysis time, and burst size for each of the isolated phages. Table 1 and Figure 1 show these measurements. Overall, the 6 phages have significantly different adsorption rates (Krusksal-Wallis Χ² = 15.0117, p = 0.0103). There is no significant difference within the pilus-binding (PB) (Kruskal-Wallis Χ² = 5.6000, p = 0.0608) or non-pilus-binding (NPB) (Krusksal-Wallis Χ² = 5.9556, p = 0.0509) phages. However, there are significant differences between PB and NPB phages (Kruskal-Wallis: Χ² = 10.9649, p = 0.0009). The PB phages have an average adsorption rate of 1.26 (±0.44, standard error) × 10⁻⁸ cell⁻¹ mL⁻¹ h⁻¹, while the NPB phages have a higher average adsorption rate of 7.96 (±2.17) × 10⁻⁷ cell⁻¹ mL⁻¹ h⁻¹.