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JOURNAL OF APPLIED MICROBIOLOGY
卷 114, 期 5, 页码 1425-1434出版社
WILEY
DOI: 10.1111/jam.12158
关键词
bacteriophage; bioactivity; electrospinning; emulsion; encapsulation
资金
- NSERC Sentinel Bioactive Paper Network
Aims Antibacterial food packaging materials, such as bacteriophage-activated electrospun fibrous mats, may address concerns triggered by waves of bacterial food contamination. To address this, we investigated several efficient methods for incorporating T4 bacteriophage into electrospun fibrous mats. Methods and Results The incorporation of T4 bacteriophage using simple suspension electrospinning led to more than five orders of magnitude decrease in bacteriophage activity. To better maintain bacteriophage viability, emulsion electrospinning was developed where the T4 bacteriophage was pre-encapsulated in an alginate reservoir via an emulsification process and subsequently electrospun into fibres. This resulted in an increase in bacteriophage viability, but there was still two orders of magnitude drop in activity. Using a coaxial electrospinning process, full bacteriophage activity could be maintained. In this process, a core/shell fibre structure was formed with the T4 bacteriophage being directly incorporated into the fibre core. The core/shell fibre encapsulated bacteriophage exhibited full bacteriophage viability after storing for several weeks at +4 degrees C. Conclusions Coaxial electrospinning was shown to be capable of encapsulating bacteriophages with high loading capacity, high viability and long storage time. Significance and Impact of the Study These results are significant in the context of controlling and preventing bacterial infections in perishable foods during storage.
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