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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 31, 2011
Filed:
Jun. 23, 2006
Billy M. Hargis, Fayetteville, AR (US);
Stacy E. Higgins, Fayetteville, AR (US);
Lisa Bielke, Fayetteville, AR (US);
Guillermo I. Tellez, Fayetteville, AR (US);
Lisa A. Newberry, Benton, AR (US);
Gerardo Nava, Urbana, IL (US);
Ann M. Donoghue, Springdale, AR (US);
Daniel J. Donoghue, Springdale, AR (US);
Billy M. Hargis, Fayetteville, AR (US);
Stacy E. Higgins, Fayetteville, AR (US);
Lisa Bielke, Fayetteville, AR (US);
Guillermo I. Tellez, Fayetteville, AR (US);
Lisa A. Newberry, Benton, AR (US);
Gerardo Nava, Urbana, IL (US);
Ann M. Donoghue, Springdale, AR (US);
Daniel J. Donoghue, Springdale, AR (US);
Board of Trutees of the University of Arkansas, Little Rock, AR (US);
The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of Agriculture, Washington, DC (US);
Abstract
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.