Characterization of multispecies microbial communities at beef and pork processing plants and their impact on pathogen stress tolerance.

Rong Wang, Sapna Chitlapilly Dass, Vignesh Palanisamy, You Zhou, Tatum Katz, Joseph M Bosilevac

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Article in Frontiers in microbiology, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

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Stress-Driven Tolerance and Persistence ofBiology · 2026
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Rong WangUS Department of Agriculture, Agricultural Research Service, U.S. Meat Animal Research Center, Clay Center, NE, United States.

Sapna Chitlapilly DassDepartment of Animal Science, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX, United States.

Vignesh PalanisamyDepartment of Animal Science, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX, United States.

You ZhouCenter for Biotechnology, University of Nebraska-Lincoln, Lincoln, NE, United States.

Tatum KatzUS Department of Agriculture, Agricultural Research Service, U.S. Meat Animal Research Center, Clay Center, NE, United States.

Joseph M BosilevacUS Department of Agriculture, Agricultural Research Service, U.S. Meat Animal Research Center, Clay Center, NE, United States.

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Abstract

Introduction: Methods: We characterized natural microorganisms collected from floor drains at various areas at three beef plants and two pork plants and analyzed their impact on pathogen sanitizer tolerance. Results: The pathogen strains were able to integrate efficiently into the multispecies community attached on contact surfaces even under low temperatures (7°C and 15°C) commonly seen in processing facilities. Cell density of the adhered Discussion: The multispecies microbial community at the processing plants and the resulting interspecies interactions could influence the tolerance level of the pathogens integrated into the community. Therefore, research reports on sanitization processes and the resulting pathogen inactivation and prevalence prevention that are described for the different types of processing facilities should be analyzed on a case-to-case basis.

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beef and pork processingbiofilmE. coli O157: H7metagenomicsSalmonella entericasanitization

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PMID40673151

DOI10.3389/fmicb.2025.1605719

PMCPMC12263626

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