Listeria monocytogenes Biofilms in the Wonderland of Food Industry

Angelo Colagiorgi; Ilaria Bruini; Pierluigi Aldo Di Ciccio; Emanuela Zanardi; Sergio Ghidini; Adriana Ianieri

doi:10.3390/pathogens6030041

Listeria monocytogenes Biofilms in the Wonderland of Food Industry

Pathogens. 2017 Sep 4;6(3):41. doi: 10.3390/pathogens6030041.

Authors

Angelo Colagiorgi¹, Ilaria Bruini², Pierluigi Aldo Di Ciccio³, Emanuela Zanardi⁴, Sergio Ghidini⁵, Adriana Ianieri⁶

Affiliations

¹ Department of Food and Drug, University of Parma, Strada del Taglio 10, Parma 43126, Italy. angelo.colagiorgi@studenti.unipr.it.
² Department of Food and Drug, University of Parma, Strada del Taglio 10, Parma 43126, Italy. ilaria.bruini@studenti.unipr.it.
³ Department of Food and Drug, University of Parma, Strada del Taglio 10, Parma 43126, Italy. pierluigialdo.diciccio@nemo.unipr.it.
⁴ Department of Food and Drug, University of Parma, Strada del Taglio 10, Parma 43126, Italy. emanuela.zanardi@unipr.it.
⁵ Department of Food and Drug, University of Parma, Strada del Taglio 10, Parma 43126, Italy. sergio.ghidini@unipr.it.
⁶ Department of Food and Drug, University of Parma, Strada del Taglio 10, Parma 43126, Italy. adriana.ianieri@unipr.it.

Abstract

The foodborne pathogen Listeria monocytogenes is a concern in food safety because of its ability to form biofilm and to persist in food industry. In this mini-review, the issue represented by this pathogen and some of the latest efforts performed in order to investigate the composition of biofilms formed by L. monocytogenes are summarized.

Keywords: Listeria monocytogenes; biofilms; extracellular matrix; food industry; food safety.

Publication types

Review