The role of the Listeria monocytogenes surfactome in biofilm formation

Janež, Nikolaja (author), Škrlj, Blaž (author), Sterniša, Meta (author), Klančnik, Anja (author), Sabotič, Jerica (author)

Listeria monocytogenes is a highly pathogenic foodborne bacterium that is ubiquitous in the natural environment and capable of forming persistent biofilms in food processing environments. This species has a rich repertoire of surface structures that enable it to survive, adapt and persist in various environments and promote biofilm formation. We review current understanding and advances on how L. monocytogenes organizes its surface for biofilm formation on surfaces associated with food processing settings, because they may be an important target for development of novel antibiofilm compounds. A synthesis of the current knowledge on the role of Listeria surfactome, comprising peptidoglycan, teichoic acids and cell wall proteins, during biofilm formation on abiotic surfaces is provided. We consider indications gained from genome-wide studies and discuss surfactome structures with established mechanistic aspects in biofilm formation. Additionally, we look at the analogies to the species L. innocua, which is closely related to L. monocytogenes and often used as its model (surrogate) organism.

• Language: English
• 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. 1269-1281
• Numbering: Vol. 14, iss. 4
• PID: 20.500.12556/RUL-134137
• UDC: 579.67:579.24
• ISSN on article: 1751-7915
• DOI: 10.1111/1751-7915.13847
• COBISS.SI-ID: 67146499
• Publication date in RUL: 24.12.2021

JANEŽ, Nikolaja, ŠKRLJ, Blaž, STERNIŠA, Meta, KLANČNIK, Anja and SABOTIČ, Jerica, 2021, The role of the Listeria monocytogenes surfactome in biofilm formation. Microbial biotechnology [online]. 2021. Vol. 14, no. 4, p. 1269–1281. [Accessed 10 April 2025]. DOI 10.1111/1751-7915.13847. Retrieved from: https://repozitorij.uni-lj.si/IzpisGradiva.php?lang=eng&id=134137

Record is a part of a journal

• Title: Microbial biotechnology
• Shortened title: Microb. biotechnol.
• Publisher: Wiley-Blackwell
• ISSN: 1751-7915
• COBISS.SI-ID: 14597398

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• License: CC BY-NC 4.0, Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International
• Link: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/
• Description: A creative commons license that bans commercial use, but the users don’t have to license their derivative works on the same terms.
• Licensing start date: 09.06.2021

Secondary language

• Language: Slovenian
• Keywords: patogeni mikroorganizmi, Listeria monocytogenes, biofilm, abiotska površina, protimikrobno delovanje