Bacteriophages-a new hope or a huge problem in the food industry.

摘要: Bacteriophages are viruses that ubiquitous in nature and infect only bacterial cells. These organisms characterized by high specificity, an important feature enables their use the food industry. Phages applied three sectors industry: primary production, biosanitization, biopreservation. In phages or enzymes they produce mainly used to prevent formation of biofilms on surface equipment production facilities. case biopreservation, extend shelf life products combating pathogenic bacteria spoil food. Although beneficial controlling quality, also have negative effects. For instance, natural ability specific lactic acid destroy starter cultures dairy incurs huge financial losses this paper, we discuss how bacteriophages can be either effective weapon fight against a bane negatively affecting quality depending type industry used.