Isolation and identification of a chicken-derived Salmonella phage VB-SalS-XND03, Its biological characteristics and application effect against Salmonella infection in chicks
Qirui Zang, Mingshuai Chen, Yingchao Li, Chenyang Shi, Yaolong Song, Ying Huang, Xueqin Lan, Wanjing Jin, Yixin Bai, Gulifeire Yilizhati, Yishan Sun, Shuhui Yang, Yan Wang, Yaqi Huang, Yuan Tian, Wenxing Jiang, Xiaofeng Zheng, Mengfei Zhang, Jinxin Xie, Panpan Tong · 2026
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Qirui Zang leads a twenty-author team reporting a virus that infects Salmonella bacteria, isolated from chickens, and testing it against infection in chicks, in 2026 work. Salmonella spreads from animals to people and is growing harder to treat as drug resistance rises. Viruses that kill bacteria, called phages, offer an alternate route. The team grew the phage, named VB-SalS-XND03, on a drug-resistant Salmonella strain. They mapped its shape, its genome, and which strains it could kill.
Microscopy placed the phage in a known tailed-virus group, and its genome carried no toxin or drug resistance genes. It killed 10 of 43 Salmonella strains tested, mostly the Enteritidis type. The phage stayed active across wide acidity and heat ranges and multiplied fast inside its host. Chick trials then checked whether dosing by mouth could guard against or treat infection passed the natural way.
Catalog record
| CREATOR | Qirui Zang, Mingshuai Chen, Yingchao Li, Chenyang Shi, Yaolong Song, Ying Huang, Xueqin Lan, Wanjing Jin, Yixin Bai, Gulifeire Yilizhati, Yishan Sun, Shuhui Yang, Yan Wang, Yaqi Huang, Yuan Tian, Wenxing Jiang, Xiaofeng Zheng, Mengfei Zhang, Jinxin Xie, Panpan Tong |
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| YEAR | 2026 |
| COLLECTION | PAPERS |
| FORMAT | TXT |
| FILE SIZE | 42410 |
| LICENSE | https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0 |
| RIGHTS | CC BY |
| SOURCE | Europe PMC |