Evaluation of a lytic bacteriophage for bio-control of Salmonella Typhimurium in different food matrices

• Main Authors: Thung, Tze Young, Lee, Epeng, Mahyudin, Nor Ainy, Anuradha, Karunakaramoorthy, Mazlan, Nurzafirah, Kuan, Chee Hao, Pui, Chai Fung, Mohamad Ghazali, Farinazleen, Mahmud @ Ab Rashid, Nor Khaizura, Rallon, Wendy Dayang, Tan, Chia Wanq, Radu, Son
• Format: Article
• Published: 2019
• Online Access: http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/79738/; https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0023643819301239
• Institution: Universiti Putra Malaysia

In the present study, a Salmonella Typhimurium-specific bacteriophage designated as ST02, belonged to the Myoviridae family was isolated from retail meat samples. Host range determination showed that ST02 was capable of infecting other Salmonella strains with latent period of 15 min and burst size a...