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Table 4 Types, titres and lytic activity spectrum of bacteriophages specific for Staphylococcus spp. isolates obtained from dogs with bacterial conjunctivitis

From: The in vitro efficacy of eye drops containing a bacteriophage solution specific for Staphylococcus spp. isolated from dogs with bacterial conjunctivitis

Phage no.

Morphology

Bacterial host

Lytic titre PFU

Spectrum of lytic activity: total percentage of Staphylococcus spp. strains undergoing lysis

W28

Siphoviridae

S. aureus

1010

68 (85%)

W15

Myoviridae

S. aureus

1010

80 (100%)

W36

Myoviridae

S. epidermidis

109

80 (100%)

W29B

Siphoviridae

S. epidermidis

108

72 (90%)

W29

Siphoviridae

S. pseudintermedius

106

68 (85%)

W17

Myoviridae

S. epidermidis

1010

80 (100%)

W31

Myoviridae

S. aureus

109

80 (100%)

W33

Myoviridae

S. pseudintermedius

1010

80 (100%)

φW1

Siphoviridae

S. epidermidis

109

80 (100%)

φW27

Siphoviridae

S. aureus

107

75 (93.7%)