Bacteriophage preparation lytic for Shigella significantly reduces Shigella sonnei contamination in various foods.

ShigaShield™ is a phage preparation composed of five lytic bacteriophages that specifically target pathogenic Shigella species found in contaminated waters and foods. In this study, we examined the efficacy of various doses (9x105-9x107 PFU/g) of ShigaShield™ in removing experimentally added Shigell...

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Main Authors: Nitzan Soffer, Joelle Woolston, Manrong Li, Chythanya Das, Alexander Sulakvelidze
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2017-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC5376334?pdf=render