Bacteriophage cocktail significantly reduces or eliminates Listeria monocytogenes contamination on lettuce, apples, cheese, smoked salmon and frozen foods

Food Microbiology

Volumn 52, Issue , 2015, Pages 42-48

  Perera, Meenu N ^a   Abuladze, Tamar ^a   Li, Manrong ^a   Woolston, Joelle ^a   Sulakvelidze, Alexander ^a  

^a Intralytix Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

Bacteriophage; Food safety; Listeria monocytogenes; ListShield ; Organoleptic testing; Phage bio control

Indexed keywords

LACTUCA; LISTERIA MONOCYTOGENES; MALUS X DOMESTICA;

ANIMAL; BACTERIOPHAGE; CHEESE; EVALUATION STUDY; FISH PRODUCT; FOOD CONTAMINATION; FOOD FREEZING; FOOD PRESERVATION; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; LETTUCE; LISTERIA MONOCYTOGENES; MALUS; MICROBIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PREVENTION AND CONTROL; PROCEDURES; SALMONINE; VIROLOGY;

ANIMALS; BACTERIOPHAGES; CHEESE; FISH PRODUCTS; FOOD CONTAMINATION; FOOD PRESERVATION; FROZEN FOODS; LETTUCE; LISTERIA MONOCYTOGENES; MALUS; SALMON;

EID: 84934763458     PISSN: 07400020     EISSN: 10959998     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.fm.2015.06.006     Document Type: Article

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