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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 05, 2013
Filed:
Apr. 21, 2011
Billy M. Hargis, Fayetteville, AR (US);
Stacy E. Higgins, Fayetteville, AR (US);
Lisa Bielke, Fayetteville, AR (US);
Guillermo L. 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 L. 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);
The United States of America, as Represented by the Secretary of Agriculture, Washington, DC (US);
The Board of Trustees of the University of Arkansas, Little Rock, AR (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.