Phage biocontrol of enteropathogenic and shiga toxin-producing Escherichia coli in meat products

Frontiers in Cellular and Infection Microbiology

Volumn 4, Issue JUN, 2013, Pages

  Tomat, David ^a   Migliore, Leonel ^a   Aquili, Virginia ^a   Quiberoni, Andrea ^b   Balagué, Claudia ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE ROSARIO   (Argentina)

^b UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DEL LITORAL   (Argentina)

Author keywords

Bacteriophage; Bacteriophage insensitive mutant; Escherichia coli; Phage biocontrol; Phage cocktail

Indexed keywords

THERMOLABILE TOXIN; THERMOSTABLE TOXIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VEROTOXIN 1; VEROTOXIN 2;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIUM CONTAMINATION; BIOLOGICAL PEST CONTROL; CELL VIABILITY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COLONY FORMING UNIT; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; ENTEROPATHOGENIC ESCHERICHIA COLI; FECES ANALYSIS; HUMAN; MEAT; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SHIGA TOXIN PRODUCING ESCHERICHIA COLI; URINE CULTURE; BACTERIAL COUNT; COLIPHAGE; DISINFECTION; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; MICROBIAL VIABILITY; MICROBIOLOGY; PROCEDURES; TEMPERATURE; TIME; VIROLOGY; BACTERIOPHAGE; BACTERIOPHAGE INSENSITIVE MUTANT; ESCHERICHIA COLI; METHODOLOGY; PHAGE BIOCONTROL; PHAGE COCKTAIL;

COLIPHAGES; COLONY COUNT, MICROBIAL; DISINFECTION; ENTEROPATHOGENIC ESCHERICHIA COLI; MEAT PRODUCTS; MICROBIAL VIABILITY; SHIGA-TOXIGENIC ESCHERICHIA COLI; TEMPERATURE; TIME FACTORS;

BACTERIOPHAGE; BACTERIOPHAGE INSENSITIVE MUTANT; ESCHERICHIA COLI; PHAGE BIOCONTROL; PHAGE COCKTAIL;

EID: 84891475996     PISSN: None     EISSN: 22352988     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fcimb.2013.00020     Document Type: Article

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