Salmonella is a food poisoning bacterium that causes typhoid and non-typhoid diseases in humans and animals. In recent years, the number of cases of damage caused by various Salmonella serotypes is increasing, anrse due to the emergence of resistant b...
Salmonella is a food poisoning bacterium that causes typhoid and non-typhoid diseases in humans and animals. In recent years, the number of cases of damage caused by various Salmonella serotypes is increasing, anrse due to the emergence of resistant bacteria to antibiotics used for treatment. Therefore, research on alternatives that can replace antibiotics is needed, and recently, it has begun to attract attention as an antibiotic alternative in that bacteriophage is high host specificity, it is possible to suppress the growth of harmful bacteria without affecting the normal flora, and it is easier to find new products than antibiotics.
In this study, we aimed to isolate phages that inhibit various Salmonella serotypes, analyze the characterization of the phages, and proceed with systematic classification.
Using Salmonella enterica serovar Typhimurium as the host strain in Chapter Ⅰ, novel phage C-STyP21 was isolated from samples of Gimje livestock manure treatment facility and confirmed that it is possible to inhibit various serotypes (Salmonella Enteritidis, Typhimurium, Thompson, Heidelberg, Infantis). In addition, genomic analysis confirmed that C-STyP21 has no genes that may be problematic when applied to food production, and it is likely to be new species.
characterization analysis was conducted with phage C-StyP21 previously isolated from Chapter Ⅱ. characterization analysis identified various life cycle-related parameters (adsorption rate, late period, burst size, etc.), evaluated stability and stress resistance under various processing and applied environmental conditions (temperature, pH, bail salt), and further tested the biological control efficacy of phages in complex food matrices such as egg yolk and milk to confirm their ability to inhibit Salmonella growth under realistic food processing conditions. Collectively, these results show the potential of C-StyP21 with a wide range of hosts newly isolated and as a biological control agent to mitigate Salmonella contamination in various industries, including food.