Reduced set of phages for typing Escherichia coli.
A phage typing set composed of 32 phages is described for differentiating Escherichia coli. Eight hundred sixty-six isolates from cases of bovine mastitis were used in this effort. Of these cultures 829, or 96%, were characterized successfully, and 178 phage types were observed. Thirty-seven isolates were not typable.
D000818:Animals; D001434:Bacteriophage Typing / Q000379:methods; D002417:Cattle; D003090:Coliphages; D004926:Escherichia coli / Q000145:classification*; D005260:Female; D008414:Mastitis, Bovine / Q000382:microbiology*