Bacteriophages as weapons against bacterial biofilms in the food industry

Frontiers in Microbiology

Volumn 7, Issue JUN, 2016, Pages

  Gutiérrez, Diana ^a   Rodríguez Rubio, Lorena ^a,b   Martínez, Beatriz ^a   Rodríguez, Ana ^a   García, Pilar ^a  

^a DEPARTMENT OF MICROBIOLOGY AND BIOCHEMISTRY OF DAIRY PRODUCTS   (Spain)

^b LABORATORY OF GENE TECHNOLOGY   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Bacteriophage; Biofilm; Disinfection; Food industry; Phage lytic proteins

Indexed keywords

AGGREGATIBACTER ACTINOMYCETEMCOMITANS; ANTIMICROBIAL ACTIVITY; BACTERIOPHAGE; BIOFILM; CONTROLLED STUDY; DAIRY INDUSTRY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FOOD INDUSTRY; FOOD PROCESSING; GENE EXPRESSION; LISTERIA MONOCYTOGENES; MICROBIAL CONTAMINATION; NONHUMAN; PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY; QUORUM SENSING; REVIEW; TUMOR MICROENVIRONMENT;

EID: 84980042052     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1664302X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fmicb.2016.00825     Document Type: Review

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