Phage and their lysins as biocontrol agents for food safety applications

Annual Review of Food Science and Technology

Volumn 1, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 449-468

  Coffey, Brid ^a,b   Mills, Susan ^a   Coffey, Aidan ^a,b   McAuliffe, Olivia ^a   Paul Ross, R ^a,c  

^a TEAGASC FOOD RESEARCH CENTRE   (Ireland)

^b Munster Technological University   (Ireland)

^c UNIVERSITY COLLEGE CORK   (Ireland)

Author keywords

bacteriophage; Campylobacter jejuni; E. coli O157:H7; Listeria monocytogenes; lysin; Salmonella

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL STUDIES; ANTI-INFECTION; ANTI-MICROBIAL PROPERTIES; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; BACTERIAL PATHOGENS; BIOCONTROL AGENT; BIOLOGICAL ENTITIES; BIOPRESERVATIVE; CAMPYLOBACTER JEJUNI; E.COLI O157:H7; EASTERN EUROPE; FOOD AND DRUG ADMINISTRATION; FOOD-BORNE PATHOGENS; FUTURE APPLICATIONS; GASTROINTESTINAL TRACT; LISTERIA MONOCYTOGENES; LYSIN; PATHOGEN CONTROL; RELATIVE STABILITIES; SAFETY APPLICATIONS; SOVIET UNION;

ANIMALS; ANTIBIOTICS; BACTERIOPHAGES; BIOCONTROL; ESCHERICHIA COLI; PATHOGENS; SALMONELLA;

FOOD MICROBIOLOGY;

ANIMALIA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CAMPYLOBACTER JEJUNI; ESCHERICHIA COLI; LISTERIA MONOCYTOGENES; SALMONELLA;

ANIMAL; BACTERIOPHAGE; BIOLOGICAL CONTROL AGENT; ENZYMOLOGY; FOOD POISONING; FOOD SAFETY; HUMAN; LYSOGENIZATION; METHODOLOGY; REVIEW;

ANIMALS; BACTERIOPHAGES; BIOLOGICAL CONTROL AGENTS; FOOD SAFETY; FOODBORNE DISEASES; HUMANS; LYSOGENY;

EID: 77956596269     PISSN: 19411413     EISSN: 19411421     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1146/annurev.food.102308.124046     Document Type: Article

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