Recent advances on the formation, detection, resistance mechanism, and control technology of Listeria monocytogenes biofilm in food industry

Xin Liu; Xuejuan Xia; Yangtai Liu; Zhuosi Li; Tianqi Shi; Hongzhi Zhang; Qingli Dong

doi:10.1016/j.foodres.2024.114067

Recent advances on the formation, detection, resistance mechanism, and control technology of Listeria monocytogenes biofilm in food industry

Food Res Int. 2024 Mar:180:114067. doi: 10.1016/j.foodres.2024.114067. Epub 2024 Feb 1.

Authors

Xin Liu¹, Xuejuan Xia², Yangtai Liu³, Zhuosi Li⁴, Tianqi Shi⁵, Hongzhi Zhang⁶, Qingli Dong⁷

Affiliations

¹ School of Health Science and Engineering, University of Shanghai for Science and Technology, Shanghai 200093, China. Electronic address: xinliu0415@163.com.
² School of Health Science and Engineering, University of Shanghai for Science and Technology, Shanghai 200093, China. Electronic address: xiaxj@usst.edu.cn.
³ School of Health Science and Engineering, University of Shanghai for Science and Technology, Shanghai 200093, China. Electronic address: lyt@usst.edu.cn.
⁴ School of Health Science and Engineering, University of Shanghai for Science and Technology, Shanghai 200093, China. Electronic address: lizhuosi@usst.edu.cn.
⁵ Shanghai Municipal Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Shanghai 200336, China. Electronic address: shitianqi@scdc.sh.cn.
⁶ Shanghai Municipal Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Shanghai 200336, China. Electronic address: zhanghongzhi@scdc.sh.cn.
⁷ School of Health Science and Engineering, University of Shanghai for Science and Technology, Shanghai 200093, China. Electronic address: qdong@usst.edu.cn.

PMID: 38395584
DOI: 10.1016/j.foodres.2024.114067

Abstract

Listeria monocytogenes is an important foodborne pathogen that causes listeriosis, a severe and fatal condition. Biofilms are communities of microorganisms nested within a self-secreted extracellular polymeric substance, and they protect L. monocytogenes from environmental stresses. Biofilms, once formed, can lead to the persistence of L. monocytogenes in processing equipment and are therefore considered to be a major concern for the food industry. This paper briefly introduces the recent advancements on biofilm formation characteristics and detection methods, and focuses on analysis of the mechanism of L. monocytogenes biofilm resistance; Moreover, this paper also summarizes and discusses the existing different techniques of L. monocytogenes biofilm control according to the physical, chemical, biological, and combined strategies, to provide a theoretical reference to aid the choice of effective control technology in the food industry.

Keywords: Biofilm; Control technology; Detection method; L. monocytogenes; Resistance mechanism.

Publication types

Review

MeSH terms

Biofilms
Extracellular Polymeric Substance Matrix
Food-Processing Industry
Humans
Listeria monocytogenes*
Listeriosis*