ReviewSustainable microbiology2025
Use of bacteriophages for biocontrol of pathogens in food and food-contact surfaces: a systematic review of the literature.
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10 citing papers in PubMed.
- Biocontrol of Staphylococcus aureus in dairy products using lytic bacteriophage UHP46: efficacy in milk, cheese, and yogurt.Brazilian journal of microbiology : [publication of the Brazilian Society for Microbiology] · 2026Article
- Comprehensive Characterization of a Novel Broad-Host-Range LyticAntibiotics (Basel, Switzerland) · 2026Article
- PhageMind: generalized strain-level phage host range prediction via meta-learning.Bioinformatics (Oxford, England) · 2026Article
- Phage cocktails for the disinfection of carbapenem-resistant Klebsiella pneumoniae on high-touch surfaces in intensive care units.BMC microbiology · 2026Article
- Mining of food metagenomes reveals an unexplored diversity of dsDNA bacteriophages.NPJ biofilms and microbiomes · 2026Article
- Bacteriophages as Antibacterial Agents Against Bovine Pathobionts Associated with Foodborne Human Morbidity.Viruses · 2026Review
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- Limitations and safety aspects related to the use of bacteriophages in food production.FEMS microbiology reviews · 2026Article
- Efficacy ofFrontiers in microbiology · 2026Article
- Expanding structural insights into DNA packaging apparatus and endolysin LysSA05 function of Epsilon15 bacteriophage.Frontiers in cellular and infection microbiology · 2025Article
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Abstract
Pathogens adhering to food and food-contact surfaces cause high number of foodborne outbreaks worldwide. Their persistent nature and resistance to conventional sanitation methods pose a threat to the food industry and raise food safety issues. Bacteriophages have increasingly emerged as a possible green technology offering host-specific, and natural ability to target and eliminate pathogens from food and food production settings. The aim of this systematic review was to collate the available scientific information on (i) the efficacy of bacteriophages against pathogens in food and food contact-surfaces, and (ii) their stability under diverse processing conditions. An extensive literature search was carried out using three electronic databases: Scopus, Web of Science, and Medline. Forty-nine studies focusing on the reduction of pathogenic bacteria across various food and food-contact surfaces were finally included in this review. Despite some differing results and diverse experimental conditions applied, the overall analysis of the literature confirmed the efficacy of bacteriophages as biocontrol agents in a broad range of food and food surfaces. The findings showed evidence of bacterial reduction against different target pathogens as well as stability under different environmental conditions, including pH and temperature fluctuations normally encountered in food processing environments.
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