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A review of mechanism analysis methods in multi-species biofilm of foodborne pathogens

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Biofilms are an aggregation of microorganisms that have high resistance to antimicrobial agents. In the food industry, it has been widely studied that foodborne pathogens on both food surfaces and food-contact surfaces can form biofilms thereby threatening the safety of the food. In the natural environment, multi-species biofilms formed by more than two different microorganisms are abundant. In addition, the resistance of multi-species biofilms to antimicrobial agents is higher than that of mono-species biofilms. Therefore, studies to elucidate the mechanisms of multi-species biofilms formed by foodborne pathogens are still required in the food industry. In this review paper, we summarized the novel analytical methods studied to evaluate the mechanisms of multi-species biofilms formed by foodborne pathogens by dividing them into four categories: spatial distribution, bacterial interaction, extracellular polymeric substance production and quorum sensing analytical methods.

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This work has supported by the National Research Foundation of Korea(NRF) Grant Funded by the Korea government(MSIT) (No. NRF-2021R1A2C1014181).

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Kim, U., Lee, SY. & Oh, SW. A review of mechanism analysis methods in multi-species biofilm of foodborne pathogens. Food Sci Biotechnol 32, 1665–1677 (2023). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10068-023-01317-x

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