ReviewFrontiers in microbiology2016
Bacteriophages as Weapons Against Bacterial Biofilms in the Food Industry.
Review in Frontiers in microbiology, 2016. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 108 papers.
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- Antimicrobial Resistance in the Food Chain: Bridging Knowledge Gaps for Effective Detection and Control.Antibiotics (Basel, Switzerland) · 2026Review
- Antimicrobial Peptides as Next-Generation Disinfectants: Tackling Biocide and Antimicrobial Resistance in Hospital Hygiene - A Narrative Review.Probiotics and antimicrobial proteins · 2026Review
- Isolation, characterisation, and biocontrol application of novel Clostridium perfringens phages on chicken meat.International microbiology : the official journal of the Spanish Society for Microbiology · 2026Article
- Phage therapy in revision arthroplasty: State of the art and application protocols.Arthroplasty (London, England) · 2026Review
- Mixed-species biofilms in food systems: from community assembly to ecology-informed management.Frontiers in microbiology · 2026Review
- Current Insights into Antibiotic Resistance in UropathogenicAntibiotics (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025Review
- Bactericidal, Anti-Biofilm, and Stress-Response Modulatory Effects ofFoods (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025Article
- Bacteriophages and Their Enzymes: Allies Against Microbial Biofilms.Pharmaceuticals (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025Review
- Epidemiology, Pathogenesis, Clinical Features, and Management of Non-HACEK Gram-Negative Infective Endocarditis.Antibiotics (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025Review
- Efficacy of phage vB_Ps_ZCPS13 in controlling Pan-drug-resistant Pseudomonas aeruginosa from urinary tract infections (UTIs) and eradicating biofilms from urinary catheters.Virology journal · 2025Article
- Dual Nature of Bacteriophages: Friends or Foes in Minimally Processed Food Products-A Comprehensive Review.Viruses · 2025Review
- Bacteriophages Improve the Effectiveness of Rhamnolipids in Combating the Biofilm ofMolecules (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025Article
- Phage-derived proteins: Advancing food safety through biocontrol and detection of foodborne pathogens.Comprehensive reviews in food science and food safety · 2025Review
- Recent Advances in Biofilm Control Technologies for the Food Industry.Antibiotics (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025Review
- Re-Emergence of Bacteriophages and Their Products as Antibacterial Agents: An Overview.International journal of molecular sciences · 2025Review
- Isolation and characterization of methicillin-resistantFrontiers in microbiology · 2025Article
- An insight into the applications of bacteriophages against food-borne pathogens.Journal of food science and technology · 2025Review
48 more citing papers are in PubMed but not listed here.
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5 authors at 2 institutions in 2 countries.
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Abstract
Microbiological contamination in the food industry is often attributed to the presence of biofilms in processing plants. Bacterial biofilms are complex communities of bacteria attached to a surface and surrounded by an extracellular polymeric material. Their extreme resistance to cleaning and disinfecting processes is related to a unique organization, which implies a differential bacterial growth and gene expression inside the biofilm. The impact of biofilms on health, and the economic consequences, has promoted the development of different approaches to control or remove biofilm formation. Recently, successful results in phage therapy have boosted new research in bacteriophages and phage lytic proteins for biofilm eradication. In this regard, this review examines the environmental factors that determine biofilm development in food-processing equipment. In addition, future perspectives for the use of bacteriophage-derived tools as disinfectants are discussed.
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