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Photodynamic Decontamination of Food: Assessing Surface Challenges Against Listeria monocytogenes [PDF]

open access: yesMicroorganisms
Listeria monocytogenes is a foodborne pathogen of significant concern. While it typically causes mild, self-limiting gastroenteritis, it poses a much higher threat to immunocompromised individuals and pregnant women, where it may lead to miscarriage ...
Anabel Cenit   +3 more
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Photofungizides Based on Curcumin and Derivates Thereof against Candida albicans and Aspergillus niger

open access: yesAntibiotics, 2021
Fungal infections in humans, contamination of food and structural damage to buildings by fungi are associated with high costs for the general public. In addition, the increase in antifungal resistance towards conventional treatment raises the demand for ...
Barbara Schamberger, Kristjan Plaetzer
doaj   +1 more source

Towards Microbial Food Safety of Sprouts: Photodynamic Decontamination of Seeds

open access: yesPhotonics, 2023
The climate crisis is one of the biggest challenges for humanity in the 21st century. Production and consumption of meat contributes to global warming by causing emissions of climate-relevant gases.
Andreas Fellner   +4 more
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Breaking the Rebellion: Photodynamic Inactivation against Erwinia amylovora Resistant to Streptomycin

open access: yesAntibiotics, 2022
Global crop production depends on strategies to counteract the ever-increasing spread of plant pathogens. Antibiotics are often used for large-scale treatments.
Annette Wimmer   +5 more
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Inactivation of foodborne viruses by novel organic peroxyacid-based disinfectants

open access: yesFrontiers in Microbiology, 2023
Viruses are responsible for most enteric foodborne illnesses worldwide. The foods most frequently involved are fresh fruits and vegetables since they undergo little or no processing.
Simon Bouchard   +6 more
doaj   +1 more source

Validation of Inactivation Methods for Arenaviruses

open access: yesViruses, 2021
Several of the human-pathogenic arenaviruses cause hemorrhagic fever and have to be handled under biosafety level 4 conditions, including Lassa virus. Rapid and safe inactivation of specimens containing these viruses is fundamental to enable downstream ...
Silke Olschewski   +12 more
doaj   +1 more source

Evaluation of Heat and pH Treatments on Degradation of Ceftiofur in Whole Milk

open access: yesFrontiers in Veterinary Science, 2020
Waste milk feeding practices have been implicated as a potential source for disseminating antimicrobial resistant bacteria among animals and the environment.
Adriana Garzon   +6 more
doaj   +1 more source

In the Right Light: Photodynamic Inactivation of Microorganisms Using a LED-Based Illumination Device Tailored for the Antimicrobial Application

open access: yesAntibiotics, 2019
Drug-resistant bacteria threaten the health of people world-wide and cause high costs to their health systems. According to Scientific American, the number of regrettable fatalities due to the bacteria that are resistant to conventional antibiotics will ...
Martina Hasenleitner, Kristjan Plaetzer
doaj   +1 more source

Sunlight-mediated inactivation of health-relevant microorganisms in water: a review of mechanisms and modeling approaches. [PDF]

open access: yes, 2018
Health-relevant microorganisms present in natural surface waters and engineered treatment systems that are exposed to sunlight can be inactivated by a complex set of interacting mechanisms.
Boehm, Alexandria   +16 more
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Photocatalytic antimicrobial activity of thin surface films of TiO2, CuO and TiO2 /CuO dual layers on Escherichia coli and bacteriophage T4 [PDF]

open access: yes, 2008
TiO2 coated surfaces are increasingly studied for their ability to inactivate microorganisms. The activity of glass coated with thin films of TiO2, CuO and hybrid CuO/TiO2 prepared by atmospheric Chemical Vapour Deposition (Ap-CVD) and TiO2 prepared by a
Ditta, IB   +7 more
core   +2 more sources

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