Anti-adhesion activity of phytochemicals to prevent Campylobacter jejuni biofilm formation on abiotic surfaces

Klančnik, Anja (author), Šimunović, Katarina (author), Sterniša, Meta (author), Ramić, Dina (author), Smole Možina, Sonja (author), Bucar, Franz (author)

Biofilms provide a protective environment for pathogens such as Campylobacter jejuni, the most prevalent foodborne pathogen, and biofilm formation can enhance bacterial survival in hostile environments. Adhesion of bacteria to the different materials of industrial surfaces is the first step in biofilm formation. Modulation of bacterial adhesion and biofilm formation thus represent important targets in alternative control strategies for reduction of pathogens in food-processing environments. With the high prevalence of C. jejuni and the lack of effective control measures, new control strategies are needed to block adhesion and biofilm formation on food contact surfaces in the food industry, with a focus here on natural antimicrobial phytochemicals. Plants remain a poorly recognized yet vast source of such antimicrobials. Valuable phytochemicals can be obtained directly from plant materials but also from agro-food by-products and waste materials. These materials represent a source of important plant bioactive phytochemicals that are effective for prevention of bacterial adhesion. In this review, we will focus on the anti-adhesion activities of phytochemicals targeted against C. jejuni, on the appropriate methodologies to determine anti-adhesion effects of phytochemicals, on the mechanisms of C. jejuni adhesion, and thus possible targets for reduction and control of this foodborne pathogen in food processing environments.

• Language: English
• Keywords: bioactive phytochemicals, anti-adhesion, target mechanism, Campylobacter jejuni, Abiotic surface
• Work type: Article
• Typology: 1.02 - Review Article
• Organization: BF - Biotechnical Faculty
• Publication status: Published
• Publication version: Version of Record
• Year: 2021
• Number of pages: Str. 55-84
• Numbering: Vol. 20
• PID: 20.500.12556/RUL-134185
• UDC: 579.24/.26:547.9
• ISSN on article: 1568-7767
• DOI: 10.1007/s11101-020-09669-6
• COBISS.SI-ID: 5176952
• Publication date in RUL: 28.12.2021

Record is a part of a journal

• Title: Phytochemistry reviews
• Publisher: Springer
• ISSN: 1568-7767
• COBISS.SI-ID: 512122137

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• License: CC BY 4.0, Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International
• Link: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
• Description: This is the standard Creative Commons license that gives others maximum freedom to do what they want with the work as long as they credit the author.
• Licensing start date: 26.03.2020

Secondary language

• Language: Slovenian
• Keywords: patogeni mikroorganizmi, Campylobacter jejuni, bakterijski biofilmi, protiadhezijska učinkovitost, rastlinski ekstrakti, ekstrakti gob