The background microbiota and sanitization agent drive the fate of Listeria monocytogenes in multispecies biofilms formed on a plasma-polymerized coating applied on stainless steel.

Autor: Fernández-Gómez P; Department of Food Hygiene and Technology, Universidad de León, León, Spain. Electronic address: pafeg@unileon.es., Oliveira M; Department of Food Hygiene and Technology, Universidad de León, León, Spain., Cobo-Díaz JF; Department of Food Hygiene and Technology, Universidad de León, León, Spain., González-Raurich M; Department of Food Hygiene and Technology, Universidad de León, León, Spain., Múgica-Vidal R; Department of Mechanical Engineering, Universidad de La Rioja, Logroño, Spain., Alba-Elías F; Department of Mechanical Engineering, Universidad de La Rioja, Logroño, Spain., Prieto M; Department of Food Hygiene and Technology, Universidad de León, León, Spain., Alvarez-Ordóñez A; Department of Food Hygiene and Technology, Universidad de León, León, Spain., López M; Department of Food Hygiene and Technology, Universidad de León, León, Spain.
Jazyk: angličtina
Zdroj: International journal of food microbiology [Int J Food Microbiol] 2023 Feb 02; Vol. 386, pp. 110017. Date of Electronic Publication: 2022 Nov 15.
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijfoodmicro.2022.110017
Abstrakt: The present study evaluates the anti-biofilm activity of a coating applied with an atmospheric-pressure plasma jet system on AISI 316 stainless steel (SS) against multispecies biofilms containing Listeria monocytogenes (using background microbiota from three different meat industries) using culture-dependent and culture-independent approaches. Also, the disinfection effectiveness and biofilm evolution after sanitization with two food industry biocides were assessed. The anti-biofilm activity of the coating against L. monocytogenes, observed on mono-species biofilms (p < 0.05), was lost on the multispecies biofilms developed for 7 days at 12 °C (p > 0.05), with L. monocytogenes counts ranging from 5.5 ± 0.7 to 6.1 ± 0.5 CFU/cm 2 on the uncoated SS and from 4.4 ± 0.2 to 6.4 ± 0.5 CFU/cm 2 on the coated SS. The taxonomic composition of the formed biofilms was highly dependent on the industry but not affected by the artificial inoculation with L. monocytogenes and the nature of the surface (coated vs uncoated SS). When L. monocytogenes was artificially inoculated, its growth was partially controlled in the biofilms developed, with the magnitude of this effect being lower (p < 0.05 on coated SS) for the industry with the lowest taxonomy richness and diversity (3.8 ± 0.2 CFU/cm 2 ), as compared the other two sampled industries (2.4 ± 0.4 and 1.6 ± 0.2 CFU/cm 2 ). The 15-min disinfection treatments with either sodium hypochlorite or peracetic acid at 0.5 % resulted in total viable and L. monocytogenes counts below the limit of detection in most cases, immediately after treatment. The subsequent incubation of the sanitized plates for another 7 days at 12 °C in fresh BHI media led to the development of biofilms with lower bacterial richness and alpha diversity, and higher beta diversity. Even though sodium hypochlorite was in general slightly less effective than peracetic acid immediately after application, it caused a stronger growth control (p < 0.05) of the naturally present L. monocytogenes on the multispecies biofilms developed. This finding highlights the importance of understanding the interspecific competitive relationships between the members of the background microbiota and L. monocytogenes for the long-term control of this pathogen in food processing facilities.
Competing Interests: Conflict of interest The authors declare no conflict of interest.
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Databáze: MEDLINE
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