Isolation, purification, and phenotypic characterization of virulent Klebsiella pneumoniae phages from environmental samples in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia: A synergistic approach combining spot assay and streak plating

• Assefa Asnakew Abebe ,

  Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Visualization, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  * E-mail: assefa1775@gmail.com

  Affiliations Unit of Molecular Biology and Bioinformatics, Institute of Biotechnology, Addis Ababa University, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, Department of Medical Laboratory Sciences, Institute of Health, Bule Hora University, Bule Hora, Ethiopia

  https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7846-0192

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• Alemayehu Godana Birhanu,

  Roles Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Unit of Molecular Biology and Bioinformatics, Institute of Biotechnology, Addis Ababa University, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia

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• Tesfaye Sisay Tessema

  Roles Conceptualization, Funding acquisition, Project administration, Resources, Validation, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Unit of Molecular Biology and Bioinformatics, Institute of Biotechnology, Addis Ababa University, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia

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