Isolation and characterization of nine bacteriophages that lyse O149 enterotoxigenic Escherichia coli
2007
Jamalludeen, N. | Johnson, R.P. | Friendship, R. | Kropinski, A.M. | Lingohr E.J. | Gyles, C.L.
The goal of this study was to isolate and characterize phages that might be used in prevention and treatment of porcine post-weaning diarrhea due to O149 enterotoxigenic E. coli (ETEC). Serotype O149:H10:F4 was especially targeted because this is the dominant ETEC serotype. Mixtures of 10 strains of O149:H10:F4 ETEC and of 10 O149:H43:F4 ETEC were used as hosts for isolation of phages in sewage from 38 Ontario pig farms. Six phages (GJ1-GJ6) that lysed O149:H10:F4 ETEC and three (GJ7-GJ9) that lysed O149:H43:F4 ETEC were isolated. All phages produced large, clear plaques. All nine phages had necks and contractile tails and therefore belonged to the Myoviridae. Their estimated genome sizes were 48.3-50.7 kb and their restriction enzyme fragments suggested that they were closely related. Phages GJ1-GJ6 lysed 99-100% of 85 O149:H10:F4 ETEC, 0-12% of 42 O149:H43:F4 ETEC, 3-35% of 37 non-O149 porcine ETEC, and 6-68% of the 72 strains of the ECOR collection. Phages GJ7-GJ9 lysed 86-98% of the O149:H43:F4 ETEC, 2-53% of the O149:H10:F4 ETEC, and 24-41% of the non-O149 porcine ETEC. Titres of the nine phages were unaffected by exposure for 16 h to pH 5-9. Among phages GJ1-GJ6, resistance of O149:H10:F4 ETEC to one phage was generally not accompanied by resistance to other phages. It is concluded that the nine phages are suitable candidates for prophylaxis and therapy of porcine post-weaning diarrhea due to O149 ETEC.
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