NOVEL SHIGATOXIN-PRODUCING ESCHERICHIA COLI TYPE F18 BACTERIOPHAGE ESC-COP-1 AND ITS USE FOR PREVENTING PROLIFERATION OF SHIGATOXIN-PRODUCING ESCHERICHIA COLI TYPE F18

摘要

The present invention relates to naturally isolated Myoviridae bacteriophage Esc-COP-1 (Accession number KCTC 12662BP) having a genome which has an ability to specifically kill shiga toxin-producing F18 E. coli and is represented by a sequence number 1; and to a method for preventing and treating the infection with shiga toxin-producing F18 E. coli by using a composition containing the same as an active ingredient.