Bacteriophages in food applications: From foe to friend

L O'Sullivan, D Bolton, O McAuliffe… - Annual Review of Food …, 2019 - annualreviews.org
Bacteriophages (phages) have traditionally been considered troublesome in food
fermentations, as they are an important cause of starter-culture failure and trigger significant …

Analysis of alternative shelf life-extending protocols and their effect on the preservation of seafood products

L Pinto de Rezende, J Barbosa, P Teixeira - Foods, 2022 - mdpi.com
Seafood is essential to a healthy and varied diet due to its highly nutritious characteristics.
However, seafood products are highly perishable, which results in financial losses and …

Metatranscriptomics reveals the gene functions and metabolic properties of the major microbial community during Chinese Sichuan Paocai fermentation

M Xiao, T Huang, Y Xu, Z Peng, Z Liu, Q Guan, M Xie… - Food …, 2021 - Elsevier
Abstract Chinese Sichuan Paocai (CSP) is one of the world's best-known fermented
vegetables with a large presence in the Chinese market. The dynamic microbial community …

Inactivation of foodborne pathogenic and spoilage bacteria by single and dual wavelength UV-LEDs: Synergistic effect and pulsed operation

Y Lu, B Yang, H Zhang, AC Lai - Food Control, 2021 - Elsevier
Highlights•Inactivation of common foodborne pathogenic and spoilage bacteria was
examined.•369 nm, 288 nm, 271 nm UV-LEDs, and their combinations were investigated for …

Comparison of high-hydrostatic pressure and frozen treatments on raw freshwater clam marinated in soy sauce: Impact on microbiological and organoleptic qualities

PC Wei, YC Lee, YC Chen, CS Lin, PW Chen, T Hsu… - Food Control, 2023 - Elsevier
The purpose of this study was to compare how the two different methods of food processing,
high pressure processing (HPP) under 300–500 MPa for 3 min and freezing, affect the …

Characterization and genome analysis of Pseudomonas phages isolated from various sources related to chilled chicken

H Hu, L Cai, L Shao, X Xu, H Wang, G Zhou - Food Research International, 2025 - Elsevier
Pseudomonas stands out as the dominant spoilage bacteria in chilled meat. Bacteriophages
are anticipated to emerge as a novel bactericidal preservative, offering a solution to the …

Evaluation of the adhesive potential of bacteria isolated from meat-related sources

Z Ning, B Xue, H Wang - Applied Sciences, 2021 - mdpi.com
Microbial adhesion constitutes the transition of microorganisms from a planktonic mode to a
static one. It promotes the formation of biofilm which is responsible for spoilage, foodborne …

Phage Delivery Strategies for Biocontrolling Human, Animal, and Plant Bacterial Infections: State of the Art

MMDC Vila, LMN Balcão, VM Balcão - Pharmaceutics, 2024 - mdpi.com
This review aims at presenting the main strategies that are currently available for the
delivery of bacteriophages to combat bacterial infections in humans, animals, and plants. It …

Ethnic seafood products sold on the Italian market: Labelling assessment and biological, chemical and physical risk characterization

F Panebianco, A Giusti, F Giarratana, A Armani - Food Control, 2019 - Elsevier
Ethnic foods are nowadays increasingly consumed by Western citizens. However,
deficiencies in traceability and poor hygiene conditions have been often reported for ethnic …

Unraveling the effect of the combination of modified atmosphere packaging and ε-polylysine on the physicochemical properties and bacterial community of greater …

D Wang, X Li, X Yang, S Chen, L Li, Y Wang… - Frontiers in …, 2022 - frontiersin.org
The combined effect of ε-polylysine (PL) and modified atmosphere packaging (MAP; 60%
CO2/40% N2) on the bacterial community of greater amberjack filets and their …