This review examines the impact of microbial communities colonizing food processing
environments in the form of biofilms on food safety and food quality. The focus is both on …

Biofilms pose a serious public health hazard with a significant economic impact on the food
industry. The present sco** review is designed to analyse the literature published during …

The inherent differences in microbial behavior among identically treated strains of the same
microbial species, referred to as “strain variability”, are regarded as an important source of …

This study aimed to investigate the impact of temperature and the presence of other
microorganisms on the susceptibility of STEC to biocides. Mature biofilms were formed at …

Food-processing facilities harbor a wide diversity of microorganisms that persist and interact
in multispecies biofilms, which could provide an ecological niche for pathogens to better …

Biofilms are surface-attached microbial communities with distinct properties, which have a
tremendous impact on public health and food safety. In the meat industry, biofilms remain a …

Listeria monocytogenes (LM) is a bacterial pathogen responsible for listeriosis, a foodborne
illness associated with high rates of mortality (20–30%) and hospitalisation. It is particularly …

Meat production is a complex system, continually receiving animals, water, air, and workers,
all of which serve as carriers of bacteria. Selective pressures involved in different meat …

Background Microbiological control with the development of robust methodologies has been
extensively studied in food science. However, equally important as reducing the microbial …

Forming biofilm is a strategy utilized by Shiga toxin-producing Escherichia coli (STEC) to
survive and persist in food processing environments. We investigated the biofilm-forming …