Bacteriophages and food production
Keywords:
preservación, fagos líticos, acuicultura, biopolímerosAbstract
Aquaculture faces great challenges and problems, among them, the frequent activation of bacterial-type diseases is one of the most important. In this context, the appearance of bacterial pathogenic strains have caused serious economic losses due to their high associated mortality. An innovative biocontrol strategy is the use of lytic bacteriophages, which eliminate bacteria as part of their replication cycle and prevent their proliferation in a harmless way to the organism and the surrounding environment. Recently, it has been shown that the use of biopolymers as agents for phages preservation is an effective way to increase their viability, improve stability and increase the residence time within the digestive system of culture organisms. In this sense, this paper aims to explain in a clear and simple way the role of bacteriophages in seafood production, as well as their preservation to use them as treatment against pathogenic bacterial diseases.
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