{"title":"Contribution of <i>YPRO15C</i> Overexpression to the Resistance of <i>Saccharomyces cerevisiae</i> BY4742 Strain to Furfural Inhibitor.","authors":"Getachew Tafere Abrha, Qian Li, Xiaolin Kuang, Difan Xiao, Ellen Ayepa, Jinjian Wu, Huan Chen, Zhengyue Zhang, Yina Liu, Xiumei Yu, Quanju Xiang, Menggen Ma","doi":"10.33073/pjm-2023-019","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.33073/pjm-2023-019","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Lignocellulosic biomass is still considered a feasible source of bioethanol production. <i>Saccharomyces cerevisiae</i> can adapt to detoxify lignocellulose-derived inhibitors, including furfural. Tolerance of strain performance has been measured by the extent of the lag phase for cell proliferation following the furfural inhibitor challenge. The purpose of this work was to obtain a tolerant yeast strain against furfural through overexpression of <i>YPR015C</i> using the <i>in vivo</i> homologous recombination method. The physiological observation of the overexpressing yeast strain showed that it was more resistant to furfural than its parental strain. Fluorescence microscopy revealed improved enzyme reductase activity and accumulation of oxygen reactive species due to the harmful effects of furfural inhibitor in contrast to its parental strain. Comparative transcriptomic analysis revealed 79 genes potentially involved in amino acid biosynthesis, oxidative stress, cell wall response, heat shock protein, and mitochondrial-associated protein for the <i>YPR015C</i> overexpressing strain associated with stress responses to furfural at the late stage of lag phase growth. Both up- and down-regulated genes involved in diversified functional categories were accountable for tolerance in yeast to survive and adapt to the furfural stress in a time course study during the lag phase growth. This study enlarges our perceptions comprehensively about the physiological and molecular mechanisms implicated in the <i>YPR015C</i> overexpressing strain's tolerance under furfural stress. Construction illustration of the recombinant plasmid. a) pUG6-TEF1p-YPR015C, b) integration diagram of the recombinant plasmid pUG6-TEF1p-YPR into the chromosomal DNA of <i>Saccharomyces cerevisiae</i>.</p>","PeriodicalId":20272,"journal":{"name":"Polish Journal of Microbiology","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":2.1,"publicationDate":"2023-06-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://ftp.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pub/pmc/oa_pdf/b6/e1/pjm-72-2-pjm-2023-019.PMC10266292.pdf","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"9995047","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"生物学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Raina Gergova, Virna-Maria Tsitou, Svetoslav G Dimov, Ivanka Gergova, Alexandra Alexandrova, Tanya Strateva
{"title":"Molecular Epidemiology of Bulgarian Clinically Significant <i>Staphylococcus aureus</i> Isolates.","authors":"Raina Gergova, Virna-Maria Tsitou, Svetoslav G Dimov, Ivanka Gergova, Alexandra Alexandrova, Tanya Strateva","doi":"10.33073/pjm-2023-018","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.33073/pjm-2023-018","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Severe infections due to highly virulent and resistant <i>Staphylococcus aureus</i> pose a serious health threat in Bulgaria and worldwide. The purpose of this study was to explore the clonal spread of recent clinically significant methicillin-susceptible <i>S. aureus</i> (MSSA) isolates from inpatients and outpatients treated in three university hospitals in Sofia, Bulgaria, during the period 2016-2020 and evaluate the relationship between their molecular epidemiology, virulence profiling, and antimicrobial resistance. A total of 85 isolates (invasive and noninvasive) were studied using RAPD analysis. Ten major clusters (A-K) were identified. The first major cluster A (31.8%) was found to be predominant during 2016 and 2017 and was widespread in two hospitals, unlike its case in the following years, when it was found to be replaced by newer cluster groups. All MSSA members of the second most common cluster F (11.8%) were recovered from the Military Medical Academy, mainly during 2018-2020, and were determined to be susceptible to all other groups of antimicrobials, except for penicillins without inhibitors because they harboured the <i>blaZ</i> gene. The newer cluster I, with 9.4% of the isolates absent in 2016-2017, showed significantly higher virulence and macrolide resistance (42.9%) due to <i>ermB</i> and <i>ermC</i>. All the isolated MSSA in groups F and I were nosocomial and mostly invasive. In conclusion, this 5-year study demonstrates the molecular epidemiology of MSSA infections in three Bulgarian hospitals. Findings can be helpful for the understanding of staphylococcal infection distribution in hospital settings and their prevention.</p>","PeriodicalId":20272,"journal":{"name":"Polish Journal of Microbiology","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":2.1,"publicationDate":"2023-06-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://ftp.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pub/pmc/oa_pdf/57/4f/pjm-72-2-pjm-2023-018.PMC10266289.pdf","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"9637002","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"生物学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Nurul Asyikin Abdul Rahman, Mohd Nasir Mohd Desa, Siti Norbaya Masri, Niazlin Mohd Taib, Nurshahira Sulaiman, Hazmin Hazman, James John
{"title":"The Molecular Approaches and Challenges of <i>Streptococcus pneumoniae</i> Serotyping for Epidemiological Surveillance in the Vaccine Era.","authors":"Nurul Asyikin Abdul Rahman, Mohd Nasir Mohd Desa, Siti Norbaya Masri, Niazlin Mohd Taib, Nurshahira Sulaiman, Hazmin Hazman, James John","doi":"10.33073/pjm-2023-023","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.33073/pjm-2023-023","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p><i>Streptococcus pneumoniae</i> (pneumococcus) belongs to the Gram-positive cocci. This bacterium typically colonizes the nasopharyngeal region of healthy individuals. It has a distinct polysaccharide capsule - a virulence factor allowing the bacteria to elude the immune defense mechanisms. Consequently, it might trigger aggressive conditions like septicemia and meningitis in immunocompromised or older individuals. Moreover, children below five years of age are at risk of morbidity and mortality. Studies have found 101 <i>S. pneumoniae</i> capsular serotypes, of which several correlate with clinical and carriage isolates with distinct disease aggressiveness. Introducing pneumococcal conjugate vaccines (PCV) targets the most common disease-associated serotypes. Nevertheless, vaccine selection pressure leads to replacing the formerly dominant vaccine serotypes (VTs) by non-vaccine types (NVTs). Therefore, serotyping must be conducted for epidemiological surveillance and vaccine assessment. Serotyping can be performed using numerous techniques, either by the conventional antisera-based (Quellung and latex agglutination) or molecular-based approaches (sequetyping, multiplex PCR, real-time PCR, and PCR-RFLP). A cost-effective and practical approach must be used to enhance serotyping accuracy to monitor the prevalence of VTs and NVTs. Therefore, dependable pneumococcal serotyping techniques are essential to precisely monitor virulent lineages, NVT emergence, and genetic associations of isolates. This review discusses the principles, associated benefits, and drawbacks of the respective available conventional and molecular approaches, and potentially the whole genome sequencing (WGS) to be directed for future exploration.</p>","PeriodicalId":20272,"journal":{"name":"Polish Journal of Microbiology","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":2.1,"publicationDate":"2023-06-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://ftp.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pub/pmc/oa_pdf/fa/c1/pjm-72-2-pjm-2023-023.PMC10266295.pdf","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"10011545","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"生物学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
David Pezoa, Carlos J Blondel, Fernando A Amaya, Carlos A Santiviago
{"title":"Transfer of T6SS<sub>SPI-19</sub> from <i>Salmonella</i> Gallinarum to <i>Salmonella</i> Typhimurium Lacking T6SS<sub>SPI-6</sub> Complements its Colonization Defect in Mice.","authors":"David Pezoa, Carlos J Blondel, Fernando A Amaya, Carlos A Santiviago","doi":"10.33073/pjm-2023-017","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.33073/pjm-2023-017","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p><i>Salmonella</i> genus harbors five Type VI Secretion System (T6SS) gene clusters. The T6SS encoded in SPI-6 (T6SS<sub>SPI-6</sub>) contributes to <i>Salmonella</i> Typhimurium colonization of chickens and mice, while the T6SS encoded in SPI-19 (T6SS<sub>SPI-19</sub>) of <i>Salmonella</i> Gallinarum contributes to chicken colonization. Interestingly, the T6SS<sub>SPI-19</sub> of <i>Salmonella</i> Gallinarum complemented the defect in chicken colonization of a <i>Salmonella</i> Typhimurium strain that lacks the T6SS<sub>SPI-6</sub>, suggesting that both T6SSs are interchangeable. Here we show that the transfer of <i>Salmonella</i> Gallinarum T6SS<sub>SPI-19</sub> complemented the defect in mice colonization of a <i>Salmonella</i> Typhimurium ΔT6SS<sub>SPI-6</sub> strain, indicating that both T6SSs are functionally redundant during host colonization.</p>","PeriodicalId":20272,"journal":{"name":"Polish Journal of Microbiology","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":2.1,"publicationDate":"2023-06-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://ftp.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pub/pmc/oa_pdf/1c/e1/pjm-72-2-pjm-2023-017.PMC10266286.pdf","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"9692471","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"生物学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Stethoscopes or Maybe \"Bacterioscopes\" - Is hand Hygiene Solely Capable of Preventing Hospital-Associated Infections?","authors":"Katarzyna Talaga-Ćwiertnia, Dorota Ochońska, Mateusz Gajda, Monika Kowalczyk, Magdalena Palczewska, Monika Brzychczy-Włoch","doi":"10.33073/pjm-2023-012","DOIUrl":"10.33073/pjm-2023-012","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>The stethoscope remains an indispensable diagnostic tool for medical students. Improper stethoscope hygiene may cause bacterial infections, including hospital-associated infections (HAIs), which challenge the Polish medical system. The study's main objective was to evaluate the hygiene habits declared by medical students. Moreover, microbiological control with the characteristics of potentially pathogenic microorganisms was performed. The study included 66 medical students from the Faculty of Medicine at the Jagiellonian University Medical College in Cracow, Poland. The participants filled in an anonymous questionnaire. Stethoscope contamination was assessed through isolation, identification, testing of antibiotic resistance, and clonality of the isolates bacterial pathogens. The survey showed that only 30.3% of students cleaned their stethoscopes after each patient, and 1.5% never did this. Of the 66 stethoscopes tested, 100% were positive for bacterial growth. <i>Staphylococcus</i> spp. was the most frequently isolated contaminant (50.5%). The questionnaire results demonstrated the necessity of the validated procedures for cleaning the stethoscopes. Stethoscopes used by medical students are contaminated with numerous bacterial species, including multidrug-resistant organisms. The clonal structure of the MRSA and MRSE populations acquired from stethoscopes has been demonstrated. Our results confirm the possibility that these medical devices mediate the spread of hazardous pathogens in the hospital environment. Practical exercises are essential to forming the correct hygiene habits involving stethoscopes, which enable practicing and checking the correctness of the established skills.</p>","PeriodicalId":20272,"journal":{"name":"Polish Journal of Microbiology","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":2.0,"publicationDate":"2023-03-24","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://ftp.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pub/pmc/oa_pdf/8f/b5/pjm-72-1-pjm-2023-012.PMC10280307.pdf","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"10081655","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"生物学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Chlorine Dioxide Reprograms Rhizosphere Microbial Communities to Enrich Interactions with Tobacco (<i>Nicotiana tabacum</i>).","authors":"Shi Qi, Jili Zhang, Xinbo Luan, Junlin Li, Zikang He, Junru Long, Mengyun Xu, Ping Li, Zepeng Chen, Jianyu Wei, Jian Yan","doi":"10.33073/pjm-2023-009","DOIUrl":"10.33073/pjm-2023-009","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>For decades chlorine dioxide has been used in water disinfection with excellent results. As the scope of application expands, chlorine dioxide has the potential for soil disinfection. We used amplicon sequencing and gas chromatography-mass spectrometry to compare the changes of four mixed rhizosphere microbial community samples and 12 tobacco leaf volatile samples four months after the flood irrigation with chlorine dioxide in different concentrations (0, 2, 4, 8 mg/l). Phenotypic data of 60 tobacco plants were also collected. The effects of chlorine dioxide on rhizosphere microorganisms were positively correlated with dose gradients. Bacteria responded more strongly in both community structure and metabolic pathways than fungi. Five new bacterial phyla (Firmicutes, Bacteroidota, Myxococcota, Patescibacteria, Verrucomicroboata) appeared in chlorine dioxide treatment groups, while the fungal community only appeared as one new fungal phylum (Basidomycota). Alterations in 271 predicted metabolic bacterial pathways were found. However, in the fungal community were only 10 alternations. The correlations between leaf volatile compounds and rhizosphere microorganisms under the influence of chlorine dioxide treatment could be observed based on network results. However, natural connectivity had already been declining rapidly when less than 20% of the network's nodes were removed. Therefore, the microbe-metabolite network is not stable. It might be why chlorine dioxide treatments did not significantly affect tobacco quality (<i>p</i> = 0.754) and phenotype (<i>p</i> = 0.867). As a comprehensive investigation of chlorine dioxide in agriculture, this study proves the effectiveness and safety of chlorine dioxide soil disinfection and widens the application range of chlorine dioxide.</p>","PeriodicalId":20272,"journal":{"name":"Polish Journal of Microbiology","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":2.1,"publicationDate":"2023-03-24","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://ftp.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pub/pmc/oa_pdf/2d/ce/pjm-72-1-pjm-2023-009.PMC10280303.pdf","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"9705078","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"生物学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Tomasz Jarzembowski, Lidia Piechowicz, Marek Bronk, Anna Pałubicka, Łukasz Naumiuk
{"title":"Changes in the Protein Profile in Staphylococcal Strains from Patients Infected with the SARS-CoV-2 Virus.","authors":"Tomasz Jarzembowski, Lidia Piechowicz, Marek Bronk, Anna Pałubicka, Łukasz Naumiuk","doi":"10.33073/pjm-2023-001","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.33073/pjm-2023-001","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p><i>Staphylococcus aureus</i> strains are particularly often isolated from patients with SARS-CoV-2 infection. The aim of the current research was to determine whether the SARS-CoV-2 virus infection affects the protein profile of <i>S. aureus</i>. Bacteria were isolated from the forty swabs collected from the patients in the hospitals of the Pomeranian region. MALDI-TOF MS spectra were obtained using a Microflex LT instrument. Twenty-nine peaks were identified. The peak (2,430) is described here for the first time and was unique for the isolates from patients infected with the SARS-CoV-2 virus. These results support the hypothesis of bacterial adaptation to the conditions caused by viral infection.</p>","PeriodicalId":20272,"journal":{"name":"Polish Journal of Microbiology","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":2.1,"publicationDate":"2023-03-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://ftp.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pub/pmc/oa_pdf/ae/d1/pjm-72-1-pjm-2023-001.PMC10280328.pdf","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"9696292","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"生物学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"A Molecular and Epidemiological Study of Cholera Outbreak in Sulaymaniyah Province, Iraq, in 2022.","authors":"Dana Khdr Sabir, Zhwan Talib Hama, Karzan Jalal Salih, Karzan Ghafur Khidhir","doi":"10.33073/pjm-2023-008","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.33073/pjm-2023-008","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Cholera is a disease caused by a Gram-negative bacterium <i>Vibrio cholerae</i> and is among the significant threats to global public health. The disease is mainly spread in the hot months of the year; low sanitation and lack of clean water are the major causes of the disease. In this study, we conducted a molecular and epidemiological study of the recent outbreak in the city of Sulaymaniyah in Iraq. Based on the bacteriological, serological, and molecular identification of the bacterium, it was shown that <i>V. cholerae</i> O1 serotype Ogawa caused the disease. Additionally, the number of positive cholera cases were higher in June compared to July (391 positive cases in June and 23 in July). Moreover, the majority (> 60%) of the cholera cases were recorded among 20-44-year-old people in both months; however, there was no significant difference in the patient genders diagnosed every month. Overall, this is the first report on the recent cholera outbreak in the city of Sulaimaniyah in Iraq.</p>","PeriodicalId":20272,"journal":{"name":"Polish Journal of Microbiology","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":2.1,"publicationDate":"2023-03-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://ftp.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pub/pmc/oa_pdf/71/c6/pjm-72-1-pjm-2023-008.PMC10280330.pdf","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"9705076","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"生物学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Prevalence and Biological Characteristics of <i>Listeria</i> Species Isolated from Livestock and Poultry Meat in Gansu Province, China.","authors":"Zhijie Dong, Yanan Sun, Qing Cao, Hongxia Liu, Yuanyuan Liu, Qihang Cao, Huilin Wei, Chen Song, Huitian Gou, Huiwen Xue","doi":"10.33073/pjm-2023-002","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.33073/pjm-2023-002","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p><i>Listeria monocytogenes</i> is a widespread foodborne pathogen contaminating foods during their production or processing stages. Fresh meat is susceptible to such contamination if it is not properly preserved. Our study was conducted to reveal the level of contamination and prevalence of <i>Listeria</i> spp. present in livestock and poultry meat from Gansu province. A total of 1,387 samples were collected from five cities in Gansu Province according to standard sampling procedures, of which 174 samples (12.5%) were positive for <i>Listeria</i> species. Among them, 14 isolates of <i>L. monocytogenes</i> (1.0%), 150 isolates of <i>Listeria innocua</i> (10.8%), and ten isolates of <i>Listeria welshimeri</i> (0.7%) were identified by conventional bacteriological and molecular identification methods. All isolates were subjected to serological assays, antimicrobial susceptibility tests, growth curve assays, determination of biofilm-forming capacity, and cluster analysis of the 16S rRNA gene sequences. Four predominant serotypes of <i>L. monocytogenes</i> were identified, including 1/2a (35.7%, 5/14), 1/2b (14.3%, 2/14), 1/2c (42.9%, 6/14), and 4b (7.1%, 1/14). All <i>L. monocytogenes</i> isolates were resistant to tetracycline and cefoxitin. Most <i>L. innocua</i> isolates (63.6%, 14/22) and <i>L. welshimeri</i> (40%, 4/10) were resistant to tetracycline. The high biofilm-forming ability was observed among 1/2c and 1/2a serotype isolates. The cluster analysis of the 16S rRNA gene sequences revealed a close genetic relationship between the three <i>Listeria</i> species. This study fills the gap in the knowledge of livestock and poultry meat that carry <i>Listeria</i> in slaughterhouses and markets in Gansu Province.</p>","PeriodicalId":20272,"journal":{"name":"Polish Journal of Microbiology","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":2.1,"publicationDate":"2023-03-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://ftp.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pub/pmc/oa_pdf/d2/7e/pjm-72-1-pjm-2023-002.PMC10280304.pdf","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"9696847","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"生物学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Ming Xu, Ruirui Ma, Can Zhang, Xuecheng Huang, Xin Gao, Ruirui Lv, Xia Chen
{"title":"Inactivation of <i>Lactobacillus</i> Bacteriophages by Dual Chemical Treatments.","authors":"Ming Xu, Ruirui Ma, Can Zhang, Xuecheng Huang, Xin Gao, Ruirui Lv, Xia Chen","doi":"10.33073/pjm-2023-004","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.33073/pjm-2023-004","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Phage contamination is one of the significant problems in the food fermentation industry, which eventually causes economic losses to the industry. Here, we investigated the viability of <i>Lactobacillus plantarum</i> phage P1 and P2 using various biocides treatments (ethanol, isopropanol, sodium hypochlorite and peracetic acid). Results indicated that phage P1 and P2 could be completely inactivated by treatment with 75% ethanol for 5 min, followed by 400 ppm of sodium hypochlorite treatment for 5 min. Phage P2 could be completely inactivated in the reverse sequence, while 800 ppm of sodium hypochlorite was required to achieve a similar effect for phage P1. Moreover, 100% isopropanol could increase the inactivating effect of 75% ethanol. This study may provide basic information on using multiple antimicrobials for phage control in laboratories and food plants.</p>","PeriodicalId":20272,"journal":{"name":"Polish Journal of Microbiology","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":2.1,"publicationDate":"2023-03-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://ftp.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pub/pmc/oa_pdf/00/43/pjm-72-1-pjm-2023-004.PMC10280301.pdf","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"10081657","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"生物学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}