Inactivation of bacteriophages by thermal and high-pressure treatment
- Publikations-Art
- Zeitschriftenbeitrag
- Autoren
- Müller-Merbach, M.; Rauscher, T.; Hinrichs, J.
- Erscheinungsjahr
- 2005
- Veröffentlicht in
- International Dairy Journal
- Band/Volume
- 15/6-9
- Seite (von - bis)
- 777-784
- Schlagworte
- bacteriophage, Lactococcus lactis, P001, P008, thermal inactivation
Dairy companies commonly experience fermentation failures due to bacteriophages that are spread mainly by milk, whey or air. Heat or high-pressure treatment may potentially reduce the phage titre, but further knowledge about the inactivation kinetics is desirable. Inactivation experiments were carried out with the commonly occuring lactococcal phages P001 and P008.