Phage biocontrol of enteropathogenic and shiga toxin-producing escherichia coli during milk fermentation

Letters in Applied Microbiology

Volumn 57, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 3-10

  Tomat, D ^a   Mercanti, D ^b   Balague C ^a   Quiberoni, A ^b  

^a UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE ROSARIO   (Argentina)

^b Universidad Nacional de Río Cuarto Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas   (Argentina)

Author keywords

Bacteriophage; Escherichia coli; Milk fermentation; O157:H7 STEC; Phage biocontrol

Indexed keywords

BACTERIOPHAGES; BIOCONTROL; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FOOD PROCESSING; STARTERS; STRAIN;

BIOCONTROL AGENT; E. COLI; E. COLI DH5Α; E.COLI O157:H7; MILK FERMENTATION; O157:H7 SHIGA TOXIGENIC E COLI O157:H7; PATHOGENIC ESCHERICHIA COLI; PHAGE BIOCONTROL; SHIGA TOXIN-PRODUCING ESCHERICHIA COLI; TOXIGENIC;

FERMENTATION;

BACTERIOPHAGE; BIOCONTROL AGENT; COLIFORM BACTERIUM; ENTOMOPATHOGENIC ORGANISM; FERMENTATION; MILK; PATHOGEN; TOXIN;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIOPHAGE; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; COLONY FORMING UNIT; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENTEROPATHOGENIC ESCHERICHIA COLI; FERMENTATION; GROWTH REGULATION; MILK; NONHUMAN; PATHOGENIC ESCHERICHIA COLI; PH; SHIGA TOXIN PRODUCING ESCHERICHIA COLI; STARTER CULTURE; STREPTOCOCCUS THERMOPHILUS;

ESCHERICHIA COLI; STREPTOCOCCUS THERMOPHILUS;

EID: 84879009225     PISSN: 02668254     EISSN: 1472765X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/lam.12074     Document Type: Article

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