Reduced Set of Phages for Typing Salmonellae

Author

Melvin Gershman
George Markowsky, Missouri University of Science and TechnologyFollow

Abstract

A set composed of 27 phages is described for differentiating Salmonella spp. representative of groups A, B, C₁, C₂, D₁, D₂, E₁, E₂, E₃, E₄, G₁, K, and N. All of the 1,245 cultures used in this effort were typable and were differentiated on the basis of the 420 phage patterns observed. All results were reproducible. Characteristic phage patterns were produced by a variety of Salmonella serovars isolated from campus incidents and a number of hospital, family, restaurant, and processing plant outbreaks to indicate an existing epidemiological relationship.

Recommended Citation

M. Gershman and G. Markowsky, "Reduced Set of Phages for Typing Salmonellae," Journal of Clinical Microbiology, vol. 17, no. 2, pp. 240 - 244, American Society for Microbiology, Feb 1983.

Department(s)

Computer Science

Keywords and Phrases

classification; diagnosis; nonhuman; serotype; Bacteriophage Typing; Human; Salmonella; Salmonella Phages

International Standard Serial Number (ISSN)

0095-1137

Document Type

Article - Journal

Document Version

Final Version

File Type

text

Language(s)

English

Rights

© 1983 American Society for Microbiology, All rights reserved.

Publication Date

01 Feb 1983