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Table 5 Bacteriophage isolates placed into groups based on digestion of phage DNA with four restriction endonucleases

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

Fragments’ size bp

EcoR I

Hind III

BamH I

Polymorphism

Ph1

Ph2

Ph3

Ph4

Ph1

Ph2

Ph3

Ph4

Ph1

Ph2

Ph3

Ph4

1500

–

–

–

–

–

–

+

–

–

–

–

–

Unique

1300

–

+

+

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

Polymorphic

1200

+++

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

++

+

+

Polymorphic

1000

–

–

–

–

–

++

+

–

–

–

–

–

Polymorphic

900

++

–

+

++

–

–

–

–

–

–

++

–

Polymorphic

800

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

+

–

–

–

Unique

700

–

–

–

–

+

+

+

+

–

–

–

–

Monomorphic

600

–

+

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

Unique

400

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

+

+

+

+

Monomorphic

300

–

++

+

+

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

–

Polymorphic

  1. – = not detected (no amplified Fragment), + = barely visible Fragment, +  + = visible amplified Fragment,
  2. Polymorphic = Specific fragment
  3. Monomorphic = Common fragment
  4. Unique fragment = Genetic marker