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ReviewFoods (Basel, Switzerland)2021

New Trends in Photodynamic Inactivation (PDI) Combating Biofilms in the Food Industry-A Review.

Dan Wang, Emmanuel Kyere, Faizan Ahmed Sadiq

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In one paragraph

Review in Foods (Basel, Switzerland), 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 3 papers.

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3citing papers in PubMed
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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

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

3 citing papers in PubMed.

  1. Review
  2. Nanoflowers: Smart Molecules for Biofilm Management.Applied biochemistry and biotechnology · 2025
    Review
  3. Review
4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

3 authors.

Dan WangSchool of Food and Advanced Technology, Massey University, Palmerston North 4410, New Zealand.ORCID 0000-0001-8000-9547
Emmanuel KyereSchool of Food and Advanced Technology, Massey University, Palmerston North 4410, New Zealand.
Faizan Ahmed SadiqSchool of Food Science and Technology, Jiangnan University, Wuxi 214122, China.

Funding

Massey University NP963141222WangD
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Biofilms cause problems in the food industry due to their persistence and incompetent hygiene processing technologies. Interest in photodynamic inactivation (PDI) for combating biofilms has increased in recent years. This technique can induce microbial cell death, reduce cell attachment, ruin biofilm biomolecules and eradicate structured biofilms without inducing microbial resistance. This review addresses microbial challenges posed by biofilms in food environments and highlights the advantages of PDI in preventing and eradicating microbial biofilm communities. Current findings of the antibiofilm efficiencies of this technique are summarized. Additionally, emphasis is given to its potential mechanisms and factors capable of influencing biofilm communities, as well as promising hurdle strategies.

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antibiofilm mechanismshurdle strategiesPDIreactive oxygen species (ROS)

Identifiers

PMID34828868
PMCPMC8621587

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