Control or elimination of undesirable bacteria using parasitic Bdellovibrio bacteria

摘要

Parasitic bacteria of the genus Bdellovibrio are utilized to control or eliminate undesirable bacteria in or on: certain foods for human consumption; or a food contact surface(s) (i.e. the Bdellovibrio attack and kill undesirable bacteria indigenous to the food or food contact surface(s)). A wide variety of pathogenic (e.g. Salmonella, Vibrio, Shigella, Escherichia, Campylobacter and Yersinia), and food spoilage bacteria (e.g. Pseudomonas, Aeromonas and Enterobacteriaceae) may be controlled or eliminated by parasitization by the Bdellovibrio bacteria.