The Role of Biofilms in the Development and Dissemination of Microbial Resistance within the Food Industry

• Format: eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Basel, Switzerland MDPI - Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute 2020
• Subjects: antibiofilm methods; Bacillus species; bacteriocins; biocides; biocontrol; biofilm; biofilm derived spores; biofilms; Biology, life sciences; cleaning-in-place; dairy bacilli; dairy industry; disinfectants; disinfecting effect; disinfection; disintegration of matrix; DNase I; enzymes; food industry; food residues; food safety; foodborne pathogens; lactic acid bacteria; Listeria monocytogenes; mastitis; Mathematics and Science; milk; mixed species biofilm; morpothypes; post-treatment; poultry; pre-treatment; probiotic potential; Reference, Information and Interdisciplinary subjects; Research and information: general; resistance; Salmonella; stainless steel; staphylococci; stress adaptation; tomato; transcriptome

Biofilms are multicellular sessile microbial communities embedded in hydrated extracellular polymeric matrices. Their formation is common in microbial life in most environments, whereas those formed on food-processing surfaces are of considerable interest in the context of food hygiene. Biofilm cell...