SANITATION PROCESS OPTIMALIZATION IN RELATION TO THE MICROBIAL BIOFILM OF PSEUDOMONAS FLUORESCENS

• Main Authors: Vladimír Vietoris, Jozef Golian, Lucia Zeleňáková, Pavol Bajzík, Peter Zajác, Jozef Čapla
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: Slovak University of Agriculture 2012-02-01
• Series: Journal of Microbiology, Biotechnology and Food Sciences
• Subjects: biofilm; microbial attachment; Pseudomonas fluorescens
• Online Access: http://www.jmbfs.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/Capla.pdf

Biofilms have been of considerable interest in the context of food hygiene. Extracellular polymeric substances play an important role in the attachment and colonization of microorganisms to food-contact surfaces. If the microorganisms from food-contact surfaces are not completely removed, they may lead to biofilm formation and also increase the biotransfer potential. The experimental part was focused on the adhesion of bacterial cells under static conditions and testing the effectiveness of disinfectants on created biofilm. In laboratory conditions we prepared and formed the bacterial biofilms Pseudomonas fluorescens in the test surfaces of stainless steel. Over the 72 hours and the next 72 hours were observed numbers of adhesion bacterial cells of Pseudomonas fluorescens on solid surfaces of tested materials.