Figure 2.

In vitro bactericidal effect of Erwinia phages φ27, φ31, φ32, φ47, φ48, and their cocktail. The viable bacterial cells were counted over 24 h. The E. amylovora strain TS3128, a reference strain for research in Korea, was used. The bars of each point indicate the standard deviation. Statistical significance was calculated using the one-way analysis of variance test with Tukey post-hoc, and the significance threshold was set at p < 0.05. Means at the same sampling time point with different letters (a–e) are significantly different.