Patent ID: 8685696

Claim:
An isolated bacteriophage STML-198 deposited under ATCC Accession No. PTA-12381, SNN-387 deposited under ATCC Accession No. PTA-12382, SEML-239-1 deposited under ATCC Accession No. PTA-12379, STML-12-1 deposited under ATCC Accession No. PTA-8365, SKML-39 deposited under ATCC Accession No. PTA-12380, SEML-24 deposited under ATCC Accession No. PTA-8366, or STA-202 deposited under ATCC Accession No. PTA-8367, said bacteriophage having lytic activity against Salmonella strains, and variants thereof, wherein said variants retain the phenotypic characteristics of said bacteriophage and wherein said bacteriophage and variants thereof have lytic activity against Salmonella strains.