ReviewFoods (Basel, Switzerland)2020
Antimicrobial Blue Light versus Pathogenic Bacteria: Mechanism, Application in the Food Industry, Hurdle Technologies and Potential Resistance.
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32 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 61 citations in OpenAlex.
- Antimicrobial Efficacy of Endogenous Blue Light Photoinactivation (400-470 nm) AgainstMedical sciences (Basel, Switzerland) · 2026Pooled it
- Beyond Resistance: Phenotypic Plasticity in Bacterial Responses to Antibiotics, Oxidative Stress and Antimicrobial Photodynamic Inactivation.Molecules (Basel, Switzerland) · 2026Review
- Beyond Resistance: Tolerance and Resilience of Bacteria to Photodynamic and Oxidative Stress.International journal of molecular sciences · 2025Review
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- Singlet Oxygen in Food: A Review on Its Formation, Oxidative Damages, Quenchers, and Applications in Preservation.Antioxidants (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025Review
- Comparison of the inactivation of seven foodborne pathogens and spoilage bacteria under 405 nm blue light treatment in liquid media and on solid surfaces.Microbiology spectrum · 2025Article
- Protocol for a randomized clinical trial on the efficacy of blue light emitting diode in the treatment of recurrent vulvovaginal candidiasis.Lasers in medical science · 2025Article
- Pulsed Blue Light and Phage Therapy: A Novel Synergistic Bactericide.Antibiotics (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025Article
- Enhancing postharvest food safety: the essential role of non-thermal technologies in combating fungal contamination and mycotoxins.Frontiers in microbiology · 2025Review
- The impact of visible light component bands on polyphenols from red grape seed extract powder encapsulated in alginate-whey protein matrix.Food chemistry: X · 2024Article
- Changes in the Skin Microbiome Following Dermatological Procedures: A Scoping Review.Applied microbiology (Basel, Switzerland) · 2024Article
- [Clinical application of photobiomodulation in trauma repair and medical aesthetics].Zhonghua shao shang yu chuang mian xiu fu za zhi · 2024Article
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- Sensitivity of Xylella fastidiosa subsp. pauca Salento-1 to light at 410 nm.Photochemical & photobiological sciences : Official journal of the European Photochemistry Association and the European Society for Photobiology · 2024Article
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- Multipad agarose plate: a rapid and high-throughput approach for antibiotic susceptibility testing.Journal of the Royal Society, Interface · 2024Article
- Can antimicrobial blue light contribute to resistance development? Genome-wide analysis revealed aBL-protective genes inMicrobiology spectrum · 2024Article
- Effectiveness of Ultra-High Irradiance Blue-Light-Emitting Diodes to ControlMicroorganisms · 2024Article
- Could violet-blue lights increase the bacteria resistance against ultraviolet radiation mediated by photolyases?Lasers in medical science · 2023Review
- Reactive oxygen species drive foraging decisions in Caenorhabditis elegans.Redox biology · 2023Article
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Abstract
Blue light primarily exhibits antimicrobial activity through the activation of endogenous photosensitizers, which leads to the formation of reactive oxygen species that attack components of bacterial cells. Current data show that blue light is innocuous on the skin, but may inflict photo-damage to the eyes. Laboratory measurements indicate that antimicrobial blue light has minimal effects on the sensorial and nutritional properties of foods, although future research using human panels is required to ascertain these findings. Food properties also affect the efficacy of antimicrobial blue light, with attenuation or enhancement of the bactericidal activity observed in the presence of absorptive materials (for example, proteins on meats) or photosensitizers (for example, riboflavin in milk), respectively. Blue light can also be coupled with other treatments, such as polyphenols, essential oils and organic acids. While complete resistance to blue light has not been reported, isolated evidence suggests that bacterial tolerance to blue light may occur over time, especially through gene mutations, although at a slower rate than antibiotic resistance. Future studies can aim at characterizing the amount and type of intracellular photosensitizers across bacterial species and at assessing the oxygen-independent mechanism of blue light-for example, the inactivation of spoilage bacteria in vacuum-packed meats.
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