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Evaluation of a cocktail of three bacteriophages for biocontrol of Escherichia coli O157:H7.
Applied and environmental microbiology - 1 Jun 2004
O'Flynn G, Ross R P, Fitzgerald G F, Coffey A
Abstract excerpt
Escherichia coli O157:H7 is an endemic pathogen causing a variety of human diseases including mild diarrhea, hemorrhagic colitis, hemolytic-uremic syndrome, and thrombotic thrombocytopenic purpura. This study concerns the exploitation of bacteriophages as biocontrol agents to eliminate the pathogen E. coli O157:H7. Two distinct lytic phages (e11/2 and e4/1c) isolated against a human strain of E. coli O157:H7, a...
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