Isolation and characterization of bacteriophages for combating multidrug-resistant Listeria monocytogenes from dairy cattle farms in conjugation with silver nanoparticles

Table 3 Host range of the isolated 6 LMPs for 22 multidrug-resistant L. monocytogenes from dairy cattle farms

Phage	LMP1	LMP2	LMP3	LMP4	LMP5	LMP6	No. of phages lysing specific strain
Listeria monocytogenes strains	LMP1	LMP2	LMP3	LMP4	LMP5	LMP6	No. of phages lysing specific strain
ERIC A	-	-	+	-	-	-	1
ERIC B	+	+	+	+	+	-	5
ERIC C	+	-	-	-	-	+	2
ERIC D	-	-	-	+	+	-	2
ERIC E	-	+	-	-	+	-	2
ERIC F	-	+	+	-	-	+	3
ERIC G	-	-	+	-	+	-	2
ERIC H	-	+	-	-	+	+	3
ERIC I	-	-	+	+	+	-	3
ERIC J	-	+	-	-	-	+	2
ERIC K	+		-	+	+	-	3
ERIC L	+	+	+	-	-	-	3
ERIC M	-	-	+	+	-	-	2
ERIC N	-	-	+	-	-	+	2
ERIC O	-	+	+	+	-	-	3
ERIC P	+	-	+	-	-	-	2
ERIC Q	-	-	+	+	-	+	3
ERIC R	-	+	-	-	-	+	2
ERIC S	-	-	+	-	+	-	2
ERIC T	+	+	+	-	-	-	4
ERIC U	-	-	-	+	-	+	2
ERIC V	+	+	+	+	-	-	4
Total No. of positive Hosts (%)	7 (31.8)	10 (45.5)	14 (63.6)	9 (40.9)	8 (36.4)	8 (36.4)

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