Table 2.
Characteristics of Campylobacters isolated from livers.
| Isolates | Species | Fla-Type | Bacteriophage lytic spectraa |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CLP6 | CLP47 | CLP63 | CP30A | CPX | ɸ3 | ɸ15 | |||
| CLB44 | C. jejuni | 32 | OL | OL | OL | OL | OL | OL | OL |
| CLB56 | C. coli | 16 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| CLB62 | C. jejuni | 100 | – | – | – | ++ | < SCL | – | – |
| CLB68 | C. jejuni | 16 | < CL | – | – | < CL | – | +++ | +++ |
| CLB104 | C. jejuni | 18 | – | – | – | – | – | SCL | +++ |
a
Classification of phage infection based on that of Frost et al. (1999) using a routine test dilution of 6 log10 PFU/ml: CL confluent lysis; OL opaque lysis; SCL semi-confluent lysis; +++ > 100 plaques; ++ < 100 > 50 plaques; – no plaque formation.