Author(s): Milho, Catarina ; Silva, Maria Daniela ; Sillankorva, Sanna
Date: 2019
Persistent ID: http://hdl.handle.net/1822/60428
Origin: RepositóriUM - Universidade do Minho
Project/scholarship: info:eu-repo/grantAgreement/FCT/5876/147337/PT; info:eu-repo/grantAgreement/FCT/5876-PPCDTI/126270/PT ; info:eu-repo/grantAgreement/FCT/COMPETE/126270/PT; info:eu-repo/grantAgreement/FCT/SFRH/SFRH%2FBD%2F94434%2F2013/PT;
Industrial settings, the food processing industry in particular, have strict sanitation procedures to minimize food product contamination and guarantee that their products are safe to be consumed. Sanitation procedures are routinely used, yet still pathogens are recovered from foods and processing surfaces that may eventually cause foodborne illnesses. Microorganisms have a natural tendency to attach to surfaces such as food contact surfaces, foods of animal and plant origin, and tubing and equipment, among others and start forming biofilms, that is, cells are found embedded within a matrix of extracellular polymeric substances. In this chapter we review fundamental aspects involved in cell adhesion and consequent biofilm formation in food industrial settings and their control and prevention using bacteriophages. The challenges involved in the use of bacteriophages for these applications will also be covered herein.
This work was supported by the Portuguese Foundation for Science and Technology (FCT) under the scope of the project PTDC/BBB-BSS/6471/2014, the strategic funding of UID/BIO/04469/2013 unit and COMPETE 2020 (POCI-01-0145-FEDER-006684), and under the scope of the Project RECI/BBB-EBI/0179/2012 (FCOMP-01-0124-FEDER027462). This work was also supported by BioTecNorte operation (NORTE-01-0145-FEDER000004) funded by the European Regional Development Fund under the scope of Norte2020 – Programa Operacional Regional do Norte. Catarina Milho acknowledges FCT for the grant SFRH/ BD/94434/2013. Sanna Sillankorva is an FCT Investigator (IF/01413/2013).
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