Efficiency of four Malaysian commercial disinfectants on removing Listeria monocytogenes biofilm

• Main Authors: Fouladynezhad, Nina, Afsah Hejri, Leili, Rukayadi, Yaya, Nakaguchi, Yoshitsugu, Nishibuchi, Mitsuaki, Radu, Son
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: Faculty of Food Science and Technology, Universiti Putra Malaysia 2013
• Online Access: http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/30515/1/30515.pdf; http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/30515/; http://www.ifrj.upm.edu.my/ifrj-2013-20-issue-3.html

Listeria monocytogenes(L. monocytogenes) is a gram positive food-borne pathogen that is able to form biofilm on food factory surfaces. Formation of biofilm makes the bacteria much more resistance to environmental stresses such as disinfectant. The extracellular polymeric matrix (biofilm structure...