Inventors:
Martin Loessner - Binz, CH
Richard M. Carlton - Port Washington NY, US
Assignee:
Exponential Biotherapies, Inc. - Port Washington NY
International Classification:
A01N 63/00
Abstract:
The present invention relates to virulent (lytic) phage from the Myoviridae family, preferably P100, alone or in combination with other virulent phages. P100 and the endolysin from P100 can be administered to food products, to the components that will be added to food products, and/or to the infrastructure of the food processing plants within which such food products are processed, or the containers or wraps in which such foods are stored and/or shipped, in order to reduce contamination. P100 can also be used in the present invention to identify bacteria present on (or within) foodstuffs, as well as those bacteria present in the equipment or the general environment of the food processing plants in which the foodstuffs are being processed and in animals infected with. The phage and the endolysin of the present invention can also be used to treat animals infected with. P100 will kill the bacteria that are within its host range with great efficiency and will propagate to high titer thereon.