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Genomic Characterization of Jumbo Salmonella Phages That Effectively Target United Kingdom Pig-Associated Salmonella Serotypes
2 Jul 2019
Abstract excerpt
A common cause of human food poisoning is through indigestion of pork products contaminated with Salmonella spp. Worryingly multi-drug resistant (MDR) Salmonella strains have been isolated from pigs, which motivates the need for alternative antimicrobials. In this study isolation and characterisation of 21 lytic Salmonella phages is described. All 21 phages, labelled as SPFM phages were shown to efficiently...
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