Clostridium perfringens bacteriophage and uses thereof
AssigneeIntralytix, Inc.
InventorsGary R. Pasternack, Alexander Sulakvelidze
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Abstract
The present invention is directed to isolated bacteriophage having strong lytic activity against strains of Clostridium perfringens, and methods of using that bacteriophage, and/or progeny or derivatives derived therefrom, to control the growth of Clostridium perfringens in various settings.
Claims4
An isolated bacteriophage strain CPAS-7, CPAS-12, or CPAS-15 deposited under ATCC accession number PTA-8478, PTA-8479 or PTA-8480 respectively, having lytic activity against Clostridium perfringens strains, and variants thereof, wherein said variants have the same phenotypic characteristics of said bacteriophage strain and the same lytic activity of said bacteriophage strain against Clostridium perfringens strains.
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