Bacteriophages in Dairy Processing (Advances in Food Safety and Food Microbiology)

Fermented dairy products represent one of the oldest forms of biotechnology practice by mankind. Essential to this process is the growth and development of a highly specialized and specifically selected group of microbes collectively known as Lactic Acid Bacteria (LAB) that bring about the bioconversion of milk to one of a myriad of unique fermented dairy foods. Today, the economic value of the global dairy industry is estimated in the billions and is dependent on the consistent and reliable activity of LAB. Through the chapters of this book, experts in the field describe the basic biology and genetics of LAB phage providing a basis of understanding for their impact on the dairy fermentation process.. Phages of lactic acid bacteria : discovery and classification / Hans Wolfgang Ackermann Bacteriophage adaptation, with particular attention to issues of phage host range / Benjamin K. Chan and Stephen T. Abedon Bacteriophages in dairy plants / Viviana Suarez, Jorge Reinheimer, and Andrea Quiberoni Ecological aspects of phage contamination in natural whey and milk starters / Domenico Carminati, Miriam Zago, and Giorgio Giraffa Infective cycle of dairy bacteriophages / Daniela Guglielmotti, Diego Mercanti, and Mariangeles Briggiler Marco Lysogeny in probiotic lactobacilli / Maria Lujan Capra and Diego Mercanti Phage resistance in lactic acid bacteria / Genevieve Rousseau, Helene Deveau and Sylvain Moineau Biocides for dairy bacteriophage inactivation / Viviana Suarez and Daniela Guglielmotti Thermal resistance of bacteriophages in the dairy industry / Zeynep Atamer ... [et al.] Non-thermal technologies : pulsed electric field, high hydrostatic pressure and high pressure homogenization. Application on virus inactivation / Maria Lujan Capra ... [et al.] Detection and quantification of dairy bacteriophages / Ana Binetti Plasmid transduction and site-specific systems derived from lactic acid bacteria phages / Maria J. Olaya Passarell ... [et al.] Bacteriophages as biocontrol agents in dairy processing / Pilar Garcia ... [et al.].