United States of America, As Represented by the Secretary of Agriculture

University of Arkansas

Gerardo Nava

Billy M Hargis

Lisa Bielke

Guillermo Tellez

Lisa A Newberry

Ann M Donoghue

Daniel J Donoghue

Stacy E Higgins

Disclosed are methods of selecting wide host range bacteriophage capable of growing in a plurality of bacteria including pathogenic and non-pathogenic bacteria and bacteriophage selected by the methods. Also disclosed are methods of treating a subject infected with a pathogenic bacterium using bacteriophage and methods of decontaminating objects using bacteriophage. Also disclosed are methods of producing vaccines. In another aspect, methods of determining bacterial viability and methods of improving the sensitivity of a biosensor using wide host range bacteriophages are disclosed.

Method for bacteriophage delivery and amplification

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Urbana, IL, United States of America

Gerardo Nava