Isolation and characterization of three bacteriophages infecting Erwinia amylovora and their potential as biological control agent

Egyptian Journal of Biological Pest Control

Table 1 Host range of four selected Erwinia amylovora phages revealed can the ability for lysis using Spot test

Bacterial strains	Isolated phages
Bacterial strains	AMP1	AMP2	AMP3	AMP4
Erwinia amylovora-S	+	+	+	+
E. amylovora-P	+	+	+	+
E. amylovora-Ph	+	+	+	+
E. amylovora EaI	+	+	+	+
E. amylovora EaII	+	+	+	+
Pectobacterium carotovorum	–	+	–	+
Xanthomonas axonopodis	–	–	–	–
Pseudomonas sp.	–	–	–	–
Enterobacter sp.	–	+	+	+