Photodynamic inactivation as an emergent strategy against foodborne pathogenic bacteria in planktonic and sessile states

• Type: Another Publication in an International Scientific Journal
• Date: 2018

Authors

Alex Fiori Silva (Author) Other; Anabela Borges (Author) FEUP; Efstathios Giaouris (Author) Other; Jane Martha Graton Mikcha (Author) Other; Manuel Simões (Author) FEUP

Journal

Title: Critical Reviews in Microbiology

Vol. 44

Pages: 667-684

ISSN: 1040-841X

Publisher: Taylor & Francis

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Associated Projects

LEPABE - Laboratório de Engenharia de Processos, Ambiente, Biotecnologia e Energia

Other information

Authenticus ID: P-00Q-509

DOI: 10.1080/1040841x.2018.1491528

Abstract (EN): Foodborne microbial diseases are still considered a growing public health problem worldwide despite the global continuous efforts to ensure food safety. The traditional chemical and thermal-based procedures applied for microbial growth control in the food industry can change the food matrix and lead to antimicrobial resistance. Moreover, currently applied disinfectants have limited efficiency against biofilms. Therefore, antimicrobial photodynamic therapy (aPDT) has become a novel alternative for controlling foodborne pathogenic bacteria in both planktonic and sessile states. The use of aPDT in the food sector is attractive as it is less likely to cause antimicrobial resistance and it does not promote undesirable nutritional and sensory changes in the food matrix. In this review, aspects on the antimicrobial photodynamic technology applied against foodborne pathogenic bacteria and studied in recent years are presented. The application of photodynamic inactivation as an antibiofilm strategy is also reviewed.

Language: English

Type (Professor's evaluation): Scientific

No. of pages: 18