Table 1. Specificity of Shigella sonnei-specific bacteriophage against food-associated microorganisms

Bacterial strain Plaque formation1) Source2)
Shigella sonnei ATCC 9290 + ATCC
 Shigella boydii NCCP 11190 - NCCP
 Shigella flexneri 2a strain 2457T - IVI
Aeromonas hydrophila ATCC 7966 - ATCC
 Aeromonas hydrophila JUNAH - VMRI
 Aeromonas hydrophila SNUFPC-A3 - VMRI
 Aeromonas hydrophila SNUFPC-A5 - VMRI
 Aeromonas hydrophila SNUFPC-A6 - VMRI
 Aeromonas hydrophila SNUFPC-A7 - VMRI
 Aeromonas hydrophila SNUFPC-A8 - VMRI
 Aeromonas hydrophila SNUFPC-A9 - VMRI
 Aeromonas hydrophila SNUFPC-A10 - VMRI
 Aeromonas hydrophila SNUFPC-A11 - VMRI
Bacillus cereus ATCC 13061 - ATCC
 Bacillus cereus ATCC 14579 - ATCC
 Bacillus subtilis ATCC 6633 - ATCC
Campylobacter jejuni - DPFS
Escherichia coli ATCC 15144 - ATCC
 Escherichia coli ATCC BAA 2192 - ATCC
 Escherichia coli ATCC BAA 2196 - ATCC
 Escherichia coli O157:H7 ATCC 43895 - ATCC
Klebsiella pneumoniae ATCC 13883 - ATCC
Listeria monocytogenes ATCC 19116 - ATCC
 Listeria monocytogenes ATCC 7644 - ATCC
 Listeria innucua ATCC 33090 - ATCC
Pseudomonas aeruginosa ATCC 9027 - ATCC
Salmonella Dublin - DPFS
 Salmonella Enteritidis ATCC 13076 - ATCC
 Salmonella Hartford - DPFS
 Salmonella Heidelberg - DPFS
 Salmonella Mission - DPFS
 Salmonella Montevideo - DPFS
 Salmonella Newport - DPFS
 Salmonella Panama - DPFS
 Salmonella Salamae - DPFS
 Salmonella Senftenberg - DPFS
 Salmonella Typhi - DPFS
 Salmonella Typhimurium ATCC 13311 - ATCC
 Salmonella Typhimurium ATCC 15812 - ATCC
Staphylococcus aureus ATCC 25923 - ATCC
Vibrio parahaemolyticus ATCC 17802 - ATCC
 Vibrio vulnificus - DPFS
Yersinia enterocolitica ATCC 23715 - ATCC
1)+, clear plaque; -, no susceptibility to Shigella sonnei-specific bacteriophage.
2)ATCC, American Type Culture Collection; IVI, International Vaccine Institute; NCCP, Bio-Resource Management for Pathogens National Culture Collection for Pathogens; DPFS, Department of Plant and Food Sciences, Sangmyung University; VMRI, College of Veterinary Medicine and Research Institute for Veterinary Science, Seoul National University.