1983
DOI: 10.1099/0022-1317-64-9-2039
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Bacteriophage Distribution in Human Faeces: Continuous Survey of Healthy Subjects and Patients with Internal and Leukaemic Diseases

Abstract: SUMMARYIn order to elucidate the ecological role of bacteriophages in the human intestine, we analysed the numbers of coliphages and of coliphage strains present in faecal samples collected from healthy individuals and from patients with certain intestinal diseases. The isolated phages were grouped according to their serological properties. The samples with low phage titres, observed in both healthy subjects and patients, contained mainly temperate phages (many were related to ~b80 and 2), and those with highe… Show more

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“…In determining the number of coliphages and coliphage strains present in fecal samples collected from both healthy individuals and patients with certain internal and leukemic diseases, Furuse et al 22 noted that qualitative and quantitative differences existed between the phages isolated from both groups. The fecal coliphage titers in healthy subjects were found to be low and the pools of free virions in the feces were represented mainly by temperate phages, presumably maintained in the human intestine through spontaneous induction in lysogenic bacteria.…”
Section: Bacteriophage Diversity Differs With Physiological Status Ofmentioning
confidence: 99%
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“…In determining the number of coliphages and coliphage strains present in fecal samples collected from both healthy individuals and patients with certain internal and leukemic diseases, Furuse et al 22 noted that qualitative and quantitative differences existed between the phages isolated from both groups. The fecal coliphage titers in healthy subjects were found to be low and the pools of free virions in the feces were represented mainly by temperate phages, presumably maintained in the human intestine through spontaneous induction in lysogenic bacteria.…”
Section: Bacteriophage Diversity Differs With Physiological Status Ofmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…Despite this limitation, culture-based methods have resulted in the isolation of numerous phages from human fecal samples using cultivable microorganisms at concentrations ranging from 0-10 5 plaque forming units (PFU/ml) per gram of dry feces. [19][20][21][22][23][24][25] In some cases, phages have been isolated with a goal to providing possible indicators of fecal contamination in water and as such have generated important insight into phage ecology in the intestine. Phages which infect E. coli, Salmonella, Bacteroides and Enterococcus faecalis among others have been isolated directly from human sewage samples or polluted waters.…”
Section: Movers and Shakersmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…Phages used as models/surrogates in water quality assessment are excreted by humans and animals. In fact, the faeces of animals such as cows and pigs generally contains higher densities of coliphages than that of humans (Dhillon et al, 1976;Osawa et al, 1981;Furuse et al, 1983), and the percentage of many animals which excrete phages tends to be higher than for humans (Grabow et al, 1993;1995). • The microflora of the gut, diet, and physiological state of animals seems to affect the numbers of coliphages in faeces.…”
Section: The Value Of Phages As Models/surrogates For Enteric Virusesmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…Serogroup II phages have been detected in human faeces and in no animal faeces other than 28% of porcine faeces. This phenomenon, which is not fully understood, offers an attractive tool to distinguish between faecal pollution of human and animal origin (Furuse et al, 1973(Furuse et al, , 1983Osawa et al, 1981;Hsu et al, 1995;Beekwilder et al, 1996;Grabow et al, 1998;Hayward, 1999;Uys, 1999).…”
Section: Male-specific F-rna Coliphagesmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…They have been isolated from a wide variety of environments, including seawater (Borsheim 1993), soil (Ashelford et al 2003), sewage (Ewert and Paynter 1980), food products (Gautier et al 1995;Josephsen and Neve 1998;Yoon et al 2002), and feces (Furuse et al 1983). The property of phages to infect and lyse bacterial cells led to the therapeutic use of bacteriophages, the so-called phage therapy.…”
Section: Introductionmentioning
confidence: 99%