NOVEL SHIGATOXIN-PRODUCING F18 TYPE E. COLI BACTERIOPHAGE ESC-COP-1 AND USE THEREOF FOR INHIBITING PROLIFERATION OF SHIGATOXIN-PRODUCING F18 TYPE E. COLI

摘要

The present invention relates to a Myoviridae bacteriophage Esc-COP-1 that is isolated from the nature and can kill specifically Shigatoxin-producing type F18 E. coli strains, which has a genome represented by the nucleotide sequence of SEQ. ID. NO: 1 (Accession NO: KCTC 12662BP), and a method for preventing and treating the infections of Shigatoxin-producing type F18 E. coli using the composition comprising said bacteriophage as an active ingredient.