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Production of Antibacterial Coatings Through Atmospheric Pressure Plasma: a Promising Alternative for Combatting Biofilms in the Food Industry

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One of the main problems in the food industry is the formation of biofilms on food contact surfaces. These bacterial communities show high resistance against the commonly used disinfectants, which makes them difficult to eradicate causing economic losses and threatening the quality of the products and the health of consumers. Several studies have reported the use of atmospheric pressure plasma technologies to provide antibacterial properties to a wide range of materials through the deposition of coatings that either avoid the initial attachment of bacteria to the surface or kill the attached bacteria before the mature biofilm is formed. These technologies avoid the use of extreme pressures and temperatures during the deposition process, thus preserving the properties of the substrate, which makes them interesting for their potential application in the production of anti-biofilm food contact materials. This paper reviews different approaches that use atmospheric pressure plasma technologies to combat bacterial colonization and biofilm formation on materials of relevance for the food industry. Three types of approaches are identified and their suitability in the food industry is discussed.

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The author E. Sainz-García, as postdoctoral researcher of the University of La Rioja, thanks the postdoctoral training program that is funded by the Plan Propio of the University of La Rioja and the V Plan Riojano de I + D + i of the Autonomous Community of La Rioja.

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This work was supported by the Ministerio de Economía, Industria y Competitividad of Spain (MINECO) (project AGL2017-82779-C2-R “Programa Estatal de I+D+i Orientada a los Retos de la Sociedad”) and co-funded by European Regional Development Fund (FEDER) “A way to make Europe”.

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    Rodolfo Múgica-Vidal, Elisa Sainz-García & Fernando Alba-Elías

  2. Department of Food Hygiene and Technology, Universidad de León, León, Spain

    Avelino Álvarez-Ordóñez, Miguel Prieto, Montserrat González-Raurich & Mercedes López

  3. Institute of Food Science and Technology, Universidad de León, León, Spain

    Avelino Álvarez-Ordóñez, Miguel Prieto, Montserrat González-Raurich & Mercedes López

  4. Molecular Microbiology Area, Center for Biomedical Research of La Rioja (CIBIR), Logroño, Spain

    María López, Beatriz Rojo-Bezares & Yolanda Sáenz

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Múgica-Vidal, R., Sainz-García, E., Álvarez-Ordóñez, A. et al. Production of Antibacterial Coatings Through Atmospheric Pressure Plasma: a Promising Alternative for Combatting Biofilms in the Food Industry. Food Bioprocess Technol 12, 1251–1263 (2019). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11947-019-02293-z

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