Highlights
- A lytic phage pAh6.2TG specific to multidrug-resistant (MDR)Aeromonas hydrophila isolates was isolated, identified and
characterized in this study.
- pAh6.2TG was classified as a member of the family Myoviridaewhich has genome size of 51,780 bp, encoding 65 putative open reading
frames (ORFs)
- pAh6.2TG was highly stable at pH = 7 9, temperature from 4 to 40oC, and salinity from 0 to 40 ppt.
- Phage pAh6.2TG significantly improved survivability of Nile tilapia
challenged with the pathogenic MDR A. hydrophila with RPS of 50
73.3%