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MERCANTI, DIEGO JAVIER

Adjunctive researcher

SPECIALITY:

Microbiología de la leche y productos lácteos

Scientific discipline:

Food engineering and Biotechnology

Topic:

I-IMPROVEMENT OF PHAGE RESISTANCE OF STREPTOCOCCUS THERMOPHILUS STRAINS USED BY DAIRY INDUSTRY AS STARTER CULTURES / II-ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION OF BACTERIOPHAGES FOR THE CONTROL OF PATHOGENIC BACTERIA

Workplace

INSTITUTO DE LACTOLOGIA INDUSTRIAL (INLAIN, CONICET-UNL) Depends on
Address:
SANTIAGO DEL ESTERO 2829, 3000 - Santa Fe - Argentina

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S&T Expertise*

Productos lácteos, microbiología, bacterias lácticas, bacterias probióticas, Streptococcus thermophilus, estudio de bacteriofagos, caracterización fenotípica y genotípica de bacterias y fagos, biología molecular, identificación molecular de especies bacterianas por PCR, secuenciación de ADN, sistemas CRISPR-Cas, terapia fágica, biocontrol, identificación y análisis de problemas microbiológicos en leche y productos lácteos, control de procesos fermentativos. *Information provided by the agent in SIGEVA

Lines of Investigation

Microbiología de bacterias lácticas y bacteriofagos Engineering and technologies - Other engineering and technologies - Food and beverages

Technological Capacities

  • 6. Biological sciences
    • 2. Biology/Biotechnology
      • 2.5. Microbiology
      • 2.2. Cellular and Molecular Biology
    • 6. Industrial Biotechnology
      • 6.12. Fermentation
  • 8. Agrofood industry
    • 2. Food quality and safety
      • 2.2. Food Microbiology/Toxicology/Quality Control
      • 2.1. Detection and Analysis methods

Key Words

TERAPIA FÁGICAPHAGE THERAPYCRISPR-CASSTREPTOCOCCUSBACTERIOPHAGESLACTIC ACID BACTERIABACTERIOFAGOSBACTERIAS LÁCTICAS

Education

2002 - 2008

Doctor en Ciencias Biológicas

UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DEL LITORAL

1996 - 2002

Licenciado en Biotecnología

UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DEL LITORAL


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