The principle of phage T102-mediated phagomagnetic separation combined with the qPCR assay for Salmonella detection.

This study focuses on the characterization of STEC-specific bacteriophages isolated from cow manure samples and examines their prevalence with STEC bacterial hosts. The findings indicate that the most common bacteriophages were specific to O26, and the presence of bacteriophages may have contributed to the diversity of their STEC host populations in the natural environment.

This study evaluated the effectiveness of a phage cocktail in reducing seven Shiga toxigenic Escherichia coli (STEC) serogroups present in mung bean sprouts, lettuce, and seeds. The phage cocktail was effective at reducing O157:H7 when present in low levels, in combination with chlorinated water, and under refrigeration. The effectiveness of some phages was affected by the specific food matrix even if the targeted bacteria were highly sensitive to the phage. Findings will help advance phage applications in the food industry.

A newly isolated Campylobacter jejuni bacteriophage CJ01 was partially characterized and might be a potential biocontrol agent to improve food safety.

The research showed that ruminant animal is the primary factor contributing to the prevalence of the STEC-infecting phages on the organic farm in this study. Among environmental factors, high rain precipitation is likely to facilitate phage distribution in the surrounding environment of the farm. Most importantly, the presence of these phages has a negative correlation with their STEC hosts.

The application of bacteriophage P100 to reduce incidence of Listeria sp. in ready-to-eat (RTE) food production environments was investigated. Data indicate the application of Listeria specific phage P100 in RTE food production environments can reduce incidence and be considered an additional intervention strategy for controlling this pathogen on NFCS.

Boxplot illustrating the distribution of Bacillus cereus phages in terms of their genome lengths and lifecycles. The box depicts the middle 50% of the data, the horizontal bar within the box represents the median (50'th percentile), the square in the box indicates the group mean value, the top and bottom of the box are the 25'th and 75'th percentiles, respectively and the distance between them is interquartile range (IQR) from which the whiskers are calculated as IQR +1.5

The aim of our study was to compare the effectiveness of lactic acid, bacteriophage, and ultrasound applications to reduce Salmonella sp. counts. The lactic acid and bacteriophage applications are effective in reducing S. enterica DSM 18522 counts in turkey breast slices. The ultrasound application had limited efficacy under the conditions tested in this study.

Coliphages encapsulated with tarbush polyphenols effectively reduce E. coli on romaine lettuce.