George Eliava Institute of Bacteriophages, Microbiology and Virology has the most extensive and valuable bacterial strain and bacteriophage collection in the world. Eliava Phage and Strain Collection currently hosts over 1000 phages active against human, plant and animal bacterial pathogens. The collection also contains over 12 000 different representatives of 180 bacterial species and 44 genera isolated from different geographic regions of Georgia, as well as from various countries from all over the world (Europe, America, Asia, Australia, Africa).
Acinetobacter baumanii, Acinetobacter lwoffii, Acinetobacter spp., Aeromonas caviae, Aeromonas eucrenophila, Aeromonas hydrophila, Aeromonas salmonicida, Aeromonas sobria, Aeromonas spp., Agrobacterium tumifaceae, Agrobacterium vitis, Bacillus anthracis, Brucella abortus, Brucella canis, Brucella melitensis, Brucella ovis, Brucella suis, Clostridium perfigenes A.B.C.D.E., Enterobacter spp., Enterococcus faecalis, Erwinia carotovora, Escherichia coli, Klebsiella oxytoca, Klebsiella pneumoniae, Klebsiella spp., Morganella morganii, Pasteurella gallicida, Proteus mirabilis, Proteus vulgaris, Pseudomonas aeruginosa, Pseudomonas pseudoalcaligenes, Pseudomonas spp., Radiobacter spp., Ralstonia solanacearum, Salmonella agona, Salmonella cholera suis, Salmonella edinburg, Salmonella enteritidis, Salmonella paratyphi A, Salmonella paratyphi B, Salmonella spp., Salmonella typhi abdominalis, Salmonella typhimurium, Serratia marcensces, Shigella flexneri, Shigella newcastle, Shigella sonnei, Staphylococcus aureus, Staphylococcus epidermidis, Staphylococcus spp., Streptococcus durans, Streptococcus mitis, Streptococcus pyogenes, Streptococcus spp., Streptococcus suis, Vibrio alginolyticus, Vibrio cholera, Vibrio harvey, Vibrio metschnikovii, Vibrio mimicus, Vibrio parahemolyticus, Vibrio vulnificus, Xanthomonas campestris pv. malvaceum, Xanthomonas campestris pv. orizae, Yersinia enterocolitica.
