Bacteriophages Reduce Experimental Contamination of Hard Surfaces, Tomato, Spinach, Broccoli, and Ground Beef by <i>Escherichia coli</i> O157:H7

Abuladze, Tamar; Li, Man‐Rong; Menetrez, M.Y.; R. Dean, Timothy; Senecal, Andre; Sulakvelidze, Alexander

doi:10.1128/aem.01465-08

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Bacteriophages Reduce Experimental Contamination of Hard Surfaces, Tomato, Spinach, Broccoli, and Ground Beef by Escherichia coli O157:H7

Published in Applied and Environmental Microbiology • Aug 23, 2008

Authors:

Tamar Abuladze

Man‐Rong Li

M.Y. Menetrez

Abstract

A bacteriophage cocktail (designated ECP-100) containing three Myoviridae phages lytic for Escherichia coli O157:H7 was examined for its ability to reduce experimental contamination of hard surfaces (glass coverslips and gypsum boards), tomato, spinach, broccoli, and ground beef by three virulent st...

Subject

Spinach

Escherichia coli

Contamination

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