MESSI Patrizia

Food safety and microbial ecology - Study of bacteriocins and bacteriocin-like substances as specific markers of bacteria in epidemiological studies and in the intra-specific classification of newly isolated strains of clinical origin. - Study of bacteriocin-producing strains and bacteriocins to be used as starters and natural antimicrobials, respectively, in foods and in industrial applications. - Evaluation of chemio-antibiotic resistance in bacteria of clinical, environmental, food and animal origin. - Identification and characterization of genetic determinants encoding for antibiotic-resistance, antibacterial activity and virulence factors in bacteria of food, animal, clinical and environmental origin. - Ecological study of microrganisms isolated from waters and food matrixes, of interest in public health field.