Biofilm formation and the food industry, a focus on the bacterial outer surface

Journal of Applied Microbiology

Volumn 109, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 1117-1131

  Van Houdt, R ^a   Michiels, C W ^b  

^a BELGIAN NUCLEAR RESEARCH CENTRE   (Belgium)

^b LEUVEN FOOD SCIENCE AND NUTRITION RESEARCH CENTRE LFORCE   (Belgium)

Author keywords

biocide(s); biofilm(s); food processing; quorum sensing; resistance

Indexed keywords

BACTERIA; CELL MEMBRANES; FOOD PROCESSING; PROCESSED FOODS;

BACTERIAL CELL SURFACE; BACTERIAL CELLS; BIOCIDE(S); BIOFILM FORMATION; BIOFILM(S); ENVIRONMENTAL FACTORS; FOOD INDUSTRIES; OUTER SURFACE; QUORUM-SENSING; RESISTANCE;

BIOFILMS;

BACTERIAL POLYSACCHARIDE; HYDROGEN PEROXIDE; OZONE; QUATERNARY AMMONIUM DERIVATIVE;

BACTERIUM; BIOFILM; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FOOD INDUSTRY; FOOD PROCESSING; MORPHOLOGY; PESTICIDE;

AEROMONAS PUNCTATA; BACTERIAL CELL; BACTERIUM CONTAMINATION; BIOFILM; CELL SURFACE; CLEANING; DISINFECTION; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FIMBRIA; FLAGELLUM; FOOD INDUSTRY; FOOD PROCESSING; KLEBSIELLA PNEUMONIAE; LISTERIA MONOCYTOGENES; NONHUMAN; PREVENTION AND CONTROL; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; PSEUDOMONAS FLUORESCENS; PSEUDOMONAS PUTIDA; REVIEW; SALMONELLA ENTERICA; VIBRIO VULNIFICUS; YERSINIA ENTEROCOLITICA;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

EID: 77956938332     PISSN: 13645072     EISSN: 13652672     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2672.2010.04756.x     Document Type: Review

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