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Isolation and characterization of phages from dairies, dairy products and the environment and establishment of a strain collection
Project
Project code: MRI-MBT-08-1040-milch-phagen
Contract period: 01.01.2021
- 31.12.2022
Purpose of research: Experimental development
The focus of this task is both on lactic acid bacteriophages, which are considered the main cause of bacterial fermentation disorders in milk processing, and on phages (biocontrol phages) that are capable of controlling pathogenic bacteria (e.g. Listeria monocytogenes, Campylobacter spp, Salmonella spp. and Shigatoxin-producing Escherichia coli), antibiotic-resistant bacteria (e.g. ESBL, MRSA and AER) and spoilage bacteria (e.g. Pseudomonas spp. and Clostridium spp.). In this process, phages are isolated from dairies, dairy products and the environment (e.g. raw milk, sewage plants, food processing plants) and characterized with electron microscopic and molecular biological methods with respect to their morphology, host spectra, resistance properties, etc. They are catalogued and conserved in a bacteriophage strain collection.
Section overview
Subjects
- Food Processing
- Food microbiology
Framework programme
Funding programme
Excutive institution
MRI - Department of Microbiology and Biotechnology (MRI-MBT)
