TABLE 3.
Description of the isolation source, morphology, and sequence characteristics of the 43 bacteriophages sequenced in the course of this study.
| Phages analyzed | Sampling round | Isolation source | Clinical history and microbiological findings | Morphology | Genome characteristics | |||
| Size (Kb) | GC content (%) | CDS (n) | tRNAs (n) | |||||
| vB_EcoS-2862I, vB_EcoS-2862II, vB_EcoS-2862III, vB_EcoS-2862IV, vB_EcoS-2862V | II | Tracheal aspirate | Klebsiella variicola∗ | Siphoviridae | 44.2 | 44.4–44.5 | 65–66 | 1 |
| vB_EcoS-26020I, vB_EcoS-26020II, vB_EcoS-26020III, vB_EcoS-26020IV, vB_EcoS-26020V | I | Urine | ∗∗ | Siphoviridae | 44.2 | 44.4–44.5 | 65–67 | 1 |
| vB_EcoS-12469II, vB_EcoS-12469III | III | Blood | Urinary tract infection (E. coli, Bacteroides fragilis) | Siphoviridae | 44.2 | 44.4 | 66 | 1 |
| vB_EcoS-12210I, vB_EcoS-12210III | III | Blood | Status febrilis (S. aureus) | Siphoviridae | 44.2 | 44.4 | 64–65 | 1 |
| vB_EcoS-2005III, vB_EcoS-2005IV | II | Urine | ∗∗ | Siphoviridae | 44.2 | 44.4 | 66 | 1 |
| vB_EcoS-26046II, vB_EcoS-26046III, vB_EcoS-26046IV, vB_EcoS-26046V | I | Urine | ∗∗ | Siphoviridae | 44.2 | 44.4 | 66 | 1 |
| vB_EcoS-2006III, vB_EcoS-2006IV, vB_EcoS-2006V | II | Urine | ∗∗ | Siphoviridae | 44.2 | 44.4 | 66 | 1 |
| vB_EcoM-12474II, vB_EcoM-12474III, vB_EcoM-12474IV, vB_EcoM-12474V | III | Blood | Urinary tract infection (E. coli) | Myoviridae | 33.7–33.8 | 50.9 | 44 | 0 |
| vB_EcoS-2004III, vB_EcoS-2004IV | II | Urine | ∗∗ | Siphoviridae | 44.2 | 44.4 | 66 | 1 |
| vB_EcoS-25988I, vB_EcoS-25988IV | I | Urine | ∗∗ | Siphoviridae | 44.2 | 44.4 | 65–66 | 1 |
| vB_EcoS-26174I, vB_EcoS-26174II | I | Urine | ∗∗ | Siphoviridae | 44.2 | 44.4 | 65–66 | 1 |
| vB_EcoS-26175I, vB_EcoS-26175II, vB_EcoS-26175III, vB_EcoS-26175IV, vB_EcoS-26175V | I | Urine | ∗∗ | Siphoviridae | 114.6 | 39.9–40.0 | 158 | 31 |
| vB_EcoS-26047I, vB_EcoS-26047II | I | Urine | ∗∗ | Siphoviridae | 44.2 | 44.4 | 65–66 | 1 |
| vB_EcoS-12397I, vB_EcoS-12397II, vB_EcoS-12397III, vB_EcoS-12397IV | III | Tracheal aspirate | Oropharyngeal flora and Candida tropicalis ∗ | Siphoviridae | 44.2 | 44.4 | 65–66 | 1 |
∗routine investigation of respiratory tract fluids, clinical history most likely not because of infectious disease; ∗∗all urine samples were not tested for bacterial culture but for Legionella or pneumococci-antigen only.