Listeria

ETH researchers are using synthetic biology to reprogram bacterial viruses – commonly known as bacteriophages – to expand their natural host range. This technology paves the way for the therapeutic use of standardized, synthetic bacteriophages to treat bacterial infections. Bacteriophages (“phages” more

Salmonella and listeria are among the most widely distributed and deadliest causes of foodborne infections. Their rapid and reliable detection on food and industrial food processing equipment is very important. In the journal Angewandte Chemie, scientists have introduced a new, ultrasensitive, chemi more

A University of Wisconsin-Madison researcher and his collaborators at the University of California, San Francisco have repurposed the gene-editing tool CRISPR to study which genes are targeted by particular antibiotics, providing clues on how to improve existing antibiotics or develop new ones. Resi more

Viruses, Vol. 10, Pages 324: Production of Bacteriophages by Listeria Cells Entrapped in Organic Polymers Viruses doi: 10.3390/v10060324 Authors: Brigitte Roy Cécile Philippe Martin J. Loessner Jacques Goulet Sylvain Moineau Applications for bacteriophages as antimicrobial age more

Abstract We analyzed the microbiological quality and safety of raw milk from vending machine and assessed the evolution of its microbiota during the refrigeration at 7 °C. We also monitored the survival of E. coli O157:H7 strain artificially added to the raw milk during the refrigeration and in more

Interleukin-12 (IL-12) is critical for induction of protective immunity against intracellular bacterial infection. However, the mechanisms for efficient induction of IL-12 in innate response remain poorly understood. Here we report that the B type of carbonic anhydrase 6 (Car6-b, which encoded CA-VI more