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ReviewFrontiers in microbiology2015

Intra- and inter-species interactions within biofilms of important foodborne bacterial pathogens.

Efstathios Giaouris, Even Heir, Mickaël Desvaux, Michel Hébraud, Trond Møretrø, Solveig Langsrud, Agapi Doulgeraki, George-John Nychas, Miroslava Kačániová, Katarzyna Czaczyk and 2 more

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Review in Frontiers in microbiology, 2015. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 115 papers.

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1 · What the graph read from it

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115 citing papers in PubMed.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

12 authors.

Efstathios GiaourisDepartment of Food Science and Nutrition, Faculty of the Environment, University of the Aegean , Myrina, Lemnos Island, Greece.
Even HeirNofima, Norwegian Institute of Food, Fisheries and Aquaculture Research , Ås, Norway.
Mickaël DesvauxINRA, UR454 Microbiologie, Centre Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes , Saint-Genès-Champanelle, France.
Michel HébraudINRA, UR454 Microbiologie, Centre Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes , Saint-Genès-Champanelle, France.
Trond MøretrøNofima, Norwegian Institute of Food, Fisheries and Aquaculture Research , Ås, Norway.
Solveig LangsrudNofima, Norwegian Institute of Food, Fisheries and Aquaculture Research , Ås, Norway.
Agapi DoulgerakiLaboratory of Microbiology and Biotechnology of Foods, Department of Food Science and Human Nutrition, Faculty of Foods, Biotechnology and Development, Agricultural University of Athens , Athens, Greece.
George-John NychasLaboratory of Microbiology and Biotechnology of Foods, Department of Food Science and Human Nutrition, Faculty of Foods, Biotechnology and Development, Agricultural University of Athens , Athens, Greece.
Miroslava KačániováDepartment of Microbiology, Faculty of Biotechnology and Food Sciences, Slovak University of Agriculture in Nitra , Nitra, Slovakia.
Katarzyna CzaczykDepartment of Biotechnology and Food Microbiology, Poznan University of Life Sciences , Poznań, Poland.
Hülya ÖlmezTÜBİTAK Marmara Research Center, Food Institute , Gebze, Kocaeli, Turkey.
Manuel SimõesLaboratory for Process Engineering, Environment, Biotechnology and Energy, Department of Chemical Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, University of Porto , Porto, Portugal.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

A community-based sessile life style is the normal mode of growth and survival for many bacterial species. Under such conditions, cell-to-cell interactions are inevitable and ultimately lead to the establishment of dense, complex and highly structured biofilm populations encapsulated in a self-produced extracellular matrix and capable of coordinated and collective behavior. Remarkably, in food processing environments, a variety of different bacteria may attach to surfaces, survive, grow, and form biofilms. Salmonella enterica, Listeria monocytogenes, Escherichia coli, and Staphylococcus aureus are important bacterial pathogens commonly implicated in outbreaks of foodborne diseases, while all are known to be able to create biofilms on both abiotic and biotic surfaces. Particularly challenging is the attempt to understand the complexity of inter-bacterial interactions that can be encountered in such unwanted consortia, such as competitive and cooperative ones, together with their impact on the final outcome of these communities (e.g., maturation, physiology, antimicrobial resistance, virulence, dispersal). In this review, up-to-date data on both the intra- and inter-species interactions encountered in biofilms of these pathogens are presented. A better understanding of these interactions, both at molecular and biophysical levels, could lead to novel intervention strategies for controlling pathogenic biofilm formation in food processing environments and thus improve food safety.

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aggregationbiofilmscommunicationcompetitioncooperationfoodborne pathogenic bacteriainteractions

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PMCPMC4542319

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