Attachment and biofilm formation by foodborne bacteria in meat processing environments: Causes, implications, role of bacterial interactions and control by alternative novel methods

Meat Science

Volumn 97, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 298-309

  Giaouris, Efstathios ^a   Heir, Even ^b   Hébraud, Michel ^c   Chorianopoulos, Nikos ^d   Langsrud, Solveig ^b   Møretrø, Trond ^b   Habimana, Olivier ^b,f   Desvaux, Mickaël ^c   Renier, Sandra ^c   Nychas, George John ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE AEGEAN   (Greece)

^b NOFIMA   (Norway)

^c CEMAGREF   (France)

^d UNIVERSITY OF WEST ATTICA   (Greece)

^e AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

^f UNIVERSITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

Author keywords

Alternative disinfection; Bacterial interactions; Biofilms; Cross contamination; Meat

Indexed keywords

BACTERIA; BACTERIOPHAGES; BIOFILMS; CHEMICAL CONTAMINATION; CONTAMINATION; DISINFECTION; ESSENTIAL OILS; FOOD MICROBIOLOGY; MEATS;

ANTIMICROBIAL RESISTANCES; ASSOCIATED BACTERIA; BACTERIAL INTERACTIONS; BIOFILM FORMATION; CROSS CONTAMINATION; FOOD-BORNE BACTERIA; MULTI-SPECIES COMMUNITIES; PATHOGENIC BACTERIUM;

SPOILAGE;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

BACTERIUM; BACTERIUM ADHERENCE; BIOFILM; DISINFECTION; FOOD CONTROL; FOOD HANDLING; FOODBORNE DISEASES; HUMAN; MEAT; MICROBIOLOGY; ORGANISMAL INTERACTION;

BACTERIA; BACTERIAL ADHESION; BIOFILMS; DISINFECTION; FOOD HANDLING; FOOD MICROBIOLOGY; FOODBORNE DISEASES; HUMANS; MEAT; MICROBIAL INTERACTIONS;

EID: 84899051718     PISSN: 03091740     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.meatsci.2013.05.023     Document Type: Article

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