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Novel strategies for removing food borne pathogenic bacteria from food surfaces

Reference	BBS/E/F/00041201
Principal Investigator / Supervisor	Professor Tim Brocklehurst
Co-Investigators / Co-Supervisors	Professor Michael William Peck
Institution	Quadram Institute Bioscience
Department	Quadram Institute Bioscience Department
Funding type	Research
Value (£)	491,358
Status	Completed
Type	Institute Project
Start date	01/04/2000
End date	31/03/2005
Duration	60 months

Abstract

Novel strategies for removing foodborne pathogenic bacteria from food surfaces Bacteria can generate protective layers at surfaces which then protect these and other bacteria on that surface from cleaning procedures. Such protective layers are produced by members of the associative microflora of vegetable tissue and they can protect all organisms on the surface including food-borne pathogenic bacteria. There is evidence that similar layers promote the attachment of Listeria monocytogenes at surfaces. This project aims to establish the nature of the protective material which is suspected to be extracellular polysaccharide (EPS) produced by Pseudomonas fluorescens. The longer term aim is develop means to degrade the protective layer or inhibit its production

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Committee	Closed Committee - Agri-food (AF)
Research Topics	X – not assigned to a current Research Topic
Research Priority	X – Research Priority information not available
Research Initiative	X - not in an Initiative
Funding Scheme	X – not Funded via a specific Funding Scheme

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