Isolation and characterisation of a novel Podoviridae-phage infecting Weissella cibaria N 22 from Nham, a Thai fermented pork sausage.

A novel Podoviridae lactic acid bacteria (LAB) phage from Nham, a Thai fermented pork sausage, is reported. From a total of 36 samples, 41 isolates of LAB were obtained and employed as hosts for the isolation of phages. From these LAB, only one phage, designated Φ 22, was isolated.