Isolation and Characterization of Bacteriophages Against Non- typhoidal Salmonella Enteritidis and Salmonella Typhimurium

Salmonella is a major causative agent of foodborne illness resulting in million cases of salmonellosis and significant deaths every year globally. In addition, raising of multidrug-resistant Salmonella contamination is posing enormous difficulties and challenges in food contamination management. However, recent years bacteriophages have showed a significant effect on the inhibition of bacteria both in vivo and in vitro including salmonella. Here report 4 lytic Salmonella phages (cftriSP8 and cftriSP11), belonging to Siphoviridae and Myoviridae family, respectively, are isolated and characterized.Authors: Nalina M, Prasansa Rai, Lenita D'Souza, Poornima Priyadarshini