Isolation and identification of three pathogenic Yersinia phages: a review

Abstract:

The three pathogenic Yersinia species Yersinia pestis, Y. pseudotuberculosis, and Y. enterocolitica, and the phages can be used for the diagnosis, control, and evolutionary research of Yersinia. This review focuses on the isolation and identification of phages of the three species, compares the genomes of the phages, and summarizes the receptors of them, which is expected to lay a basis for studying and utilizing the phages of the three Yersinia species.

Key words:Yersinia;phages;gene diversity;phage receptor