Evidence map›Paper›PMID 25192991›Full record

ArticleApplied and environmental microbiology2014

Chicken juice enhances surface attachment and biofilm formation of Campylobacter jejuni.

Helen L Brown, Mark Reuter, Louise J Salt, Kathryn L Cross, Roy P Betts, Arnoud H M van Vliet

Open access · hybridAbstract read
In one paragraph

Article in Applied and environmental microbiology, 2014. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 64 papers.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
64citing papers in PubMed
16.9field-weighted citation impact, top 1% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

64 citing papers in PubMed, 146 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Beyond Bactericidal: Plasma Surface Engineering to Defeat Food Matrix-Conditioning Layers.Comprehensive reviews in food science and food safety · 2026
    Review
  2. Article
  3. Review
  4. When Disinfection Fails: Biocide Tolerance as a Driver ofAntibiotics (Basel, Switzerland) · 2026
    Review
  5. Anti-ACS omega · 2026
    Article
  6. Review
  7. Article
  8. Transfer ofFrontiers in microbiology · 2025
    Article
  9. Article
  10. Chicken Juice EnhancesFoods (Basel, Switzerland) · 2024
    Article
  11. Review
  12. Multi-Omics ofMicroorganisms · 2024
    Article
  13. Article
  14. Article
  15. Article
  16. Article
  17. Roles of viable but non-culturable state in the survival ofFrontiers in cellular and infection microbiology · 2023
    Article
  18. Review
  19. Article
  20. Review

4 more citing papers are in PubMed but not listed here.

4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

6 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Helen L BrownInstitute of Food Research, Norwich, United Kingdom.
Mark ReuterInstitute of Food Research, Norwich, United Kingdom.
Louise J SaltInstitute of Food Research, Norwich, United Kingdom.
Kathryn L CrossInstitute of Food Research, Norwich, United Kingdom.
Roy P BettsCampden BRI, Chipping Campden, Gloucestershire, United Kingdom.
Arnoud H M van VlietInstitute of Food Research, Norwich, United Kingdom arnoud.vanvliet@ifr.ac.uk.
Quadram Institute · GB

Funding

Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council BB/115321/1Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council BB/J004529/1
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The bacterial pathogen Campylobacter jejuni is primarily transmitted via the consumption of contaminated foodstuffs, especially poultry meat. In food processing environments, C. jejuni is required to survive a multitude of stresses and requires the use of specific survival mechanisms, such as biofilms. An initial step in biofilm formation is bacterial attachment to a surface. Here, we investigated the effects of a chicken meat exudate (chicken juice) on C. jejuni surface attachment and biofilm formation. Supplementation of brucella broth with ≥5% chicken juice resulted in increased biofilm formation on glass, polystyrene, and stainless steel surfaces with four C. jejuni isolates and one C. coli isolate in both microaerobic and aerobic conditions. When incubated with chicken juice, C. jejuni was both able to grow and form biofilms in static cultures in aerobic conditions. Electron microscopy showed that C. jejuni cells were associated with chicken juice particulates attached to the abiotic surface rather than the surface itself. This suggests that chicken juice contributes to C. jejuni biofilm formation by covering and conditioning the abiotic surface and is a source of nutrients. Chicken juice was able to complement the reduction in biofilm formation of an aflagellated mutant of C. jejuni, indicating that chicken juice may support food chain transmission of isolates with lowered motility. We provide here a useful model for studying the interaction of C. jejuni biofilms in food chain-relevant conditions and also show a possible mechanism for C. jejuni cell attachment and biofilm initiation on abiotic surfaces within the food chain.

Indexed as

Bacterial AdhesionBiofilmsAnimalsCampylobacter jejuniChickensFood ContaminationFood HandlingMeat

Identifiers

PMID25192991
PMCPMC4249011
OpenAlexW2151582316

What OpenQuestion holds

Textmetadata
LicenceCC BY
Read underepoch 390

Registered trials

None linked

Read under generation 80e0d062 · epoch 390. Bibliography from PubMed, PubMed Central and OpenAlex; grants from NIH RePORTER; trial links from ClinicalTrials.gov; estimates, votes and beliefs from the OpenQuestion graph.