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Applied and Environmental Microbiology, September 2005, p. 5659-5662, Vol. 71, No. 9
0099-2240/05/$08.00+0     doi:10.1128/AEM.71.9.5659-5662.2005
Copyright © 2005, American Society for Microbiology. All Rights Reserved.

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Method for Isolation of Bacteroides Bacteriophage Host Strains Suitable for Tracking Sources of Fecal Pollution in Water

Andrey Payan,1 James Ebdon,2 Huw Taylor,2 Christophe Gantzer,3 Jakob Ottoson,4 Georgos T. Papageorgiou,5 Anicet R. Blanch,1 Francisco Lucena,1 Juan Jofre,1* and Maite Muniesa1

Department of Microbiology, University of Barcelona, Diagonal 645, 08028 Barcelona, Spain,1 Environment & Public Health Research Unit, School of the Environment, University of Brighton, Cockcroft Building, Lewes Road, Brighton BN2 4GJ, United Kingdom,2 Laboratoire de Chimie Physique et Microbiologie pour l'Environnement, UMR 7564, CNRS Université Henri Poincaré Nancy I, Faculté de Pharmacie, 5 rue Albert Lebrun, 54000 Nancy, France,3 Microbiology and Tumor Biology Center, Karolinska Institute, Box 280, S-171 77, Stockholm, Sweden,4 State General Laboratory, Microbiological Section, Kimonos 44, 1451 Nicosia, Cyprus5

Received 9 November 2004/ Accepted 23 March 2005

Bacteriophages infecting Bacteroides are potentially a good tool for fecal source tracking, but different Bacteroides host strains are needed for different geographic areas. A feasible method for isolating Bacteroides host strains for phages present in human fecal material is described. Useful strains were identified for application in Spain and the United Kingdom. One strain, GA-17, identified as Bacteroides thetaiotaomicron, was tested in several locations in Europe with excellent performance in Southern Europe.

* Corresponding author. Mailing address: Department of Microbiology, University of Barcelona, Diagonal 645, 08028 Barcelona, Spain. Phone: 34 934021487. Fax: 34 93 4039047. E-mail: jjofre{at}ub.edu.

Applied and Environmental Microbiology, September 2005, p. 5659-5662, Vol. 71, No. 9
0099-2240/05/$08.00+0     doi:10.1128/AEM.71.9.5659-5662.2005
Copyright © 2005, American Society for Microbiology. All Rights Reserved.



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