Table 1.
Spectrum of phages against various pathogenic bacteria and their concentration.
| River site | Escherichia coli | Klebsiella spp. | Enterobacter spp. | Citrobacter spp. | Proteus spp. | Pseudomonas spp. | Serratia spp. |
Salmonella spp. |
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| Effect | Pfu/ml | Effect | Pfu/ml | Effect | Pfu/ml | Effect | Pfu/ml | Effect | Pfu/ml | Effect | Pfu/ml | Effect | Pfu/ml | Effect | Pfu/ml | |
| (+/−) | (+/−) | (+/−) | (+/−) | (+/−) | (+/−) | (+/−) | (+/−) | |||||||||
| (1) | + | 2.2 × 102 | + | 1.5 × 103 | + | 1.0 × 102 | + | 0.63 × 102 | + | 0.04 × 102 | − | — | + | 2.0 × 102 | − | — |
| (2) | + | 3.9 × 102 | + | 3.3 × 103 | + | 4.5 × 102 | + | 0.70 × 102 | + | 0.05 × 102 | − | — | + | 3.1 × 102 | − | — |
| (3) | + | 2.3 × 102 | + | 4.0 × 103 | + | 0.06 × 102 | + | 0.55 × 102 | + | 0.01 × 102 | + | 0.06 × 102 | + | 1.9 × 102 | − | — |
| (4) | + | 2.1 × 102 | + | 2.9 × 103 | + | 2.5 × 102 | + | 0.88 × 102 | + | 0.01 × 102 | − | — | + | 2.8 × 102 | − | — |
| (5) | + | 2.5 × 102 | + | 1.8 × 103 | + | 1.4 × 102 | + | 0.59 × 102 | + | 0.09 × 102 | + | 0.08 × 102 | + | 0.45 × 102 | − | — |
| (6) | + | 3.3 × 102 | + | 2.0 × 103 | + | 3.5 × 102 | + | 0.77 × 102 | + | 0.1 × 102 | + | 0.05 × 102 | + | 1.5 × 102 | + | 0.21 × 102 |
| (7) | + | 0.06 × 102 | + | 1.5 × 103 | + | 1.9 × 102 | + | 0.33 × 102 | − | — | + | 0.04 × 102 | + | 1.7 × 102 | + | 0.05 × 102 |
| (8) | + | 2.6 × 102 | + | 2.4 × 103 | + | 2.2 × 102 | + | 0.68 × 102 | + | 0.04 × 102 | − | — | + | 0.44 × 102 | + | 0.19 × 102 |
| (9) | + | 2.1 × 102 | + | 2.5 × 103 | + | 3.2 × 102 | + | 0.75 × 102 | − | — | − | — | + | 2.0 × 102 | − | — |
| (10) | + | 2.5 × 102 | + | 2.9 × 103 | + | 1.8 × 102 | + | 0.58 × 102 | + | 0.05 × 102 | + | 0.08 × 102 | + | 0.4 × 102 | + | 0.13 × 102 |
(1) Rudramati river (Chabahil); (2) Bishnumati river (Teku); (3) Bagmati river (Sankhamool); (4) Bishnumati river (Soalteemode); (5) Bishnumati river (Balkhu); (6) Manohara river (Koteshwor); (7) Kirtipur river; (8) Bagmati river (Thapathali); (9) Rudramati river (Kalopool); (10) Hanumante river (Bhaktapur); [+ for effective, − for non effective phage].