Examining the efficacy of mushroom industry biocides on Listeria monocytogenes biofilm
| dc.contributor.author | Dygico, Lionel K. | |
| dc.contributor.author | Gahan, Cormac G. | |
| dc.contributor.author | Grogan, Helen | |
| dc.contributor.author | Burgess, Catherine M. | |
| dc.contributor.funder | Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine, Ireland | en |
| dc.contributor.funder | Food Institutional Research Measure | en |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2020-05-15T14:14:17Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2020-05-15T14:14:17Z | |
| dc.date.issued | 2020-04-29 | |
| dc.date.updated | 2020-05-15T10:54:06Z | |
| dc.description.abstract | Aims: The aim of this study was to test the efficacy of new and currently used biocides in the mushroom industry for inactivating L. monocytogenes biofilm. Methods and results: A lab‐scale study was initially carried out to test the efficacy of eleven biocidal products against a cocktail of five L. monocytogenes strains that were grown to three‐day biofilms on stainless steel coupons. Biocidal efficacy was then tested under clean and dirty conditions based on the EN 13697:2015 method. The results for the biocides tested ranged between 1.7‐log to 6‐log reduction of biofilm, with only the efficacy of the sodium hypochlorite‐based biocide being significantly reduced in dirty conditions. A pilot‐scale trial was then carried out on a subset of biocides against L. monocytogenes on concrete floors in a mushroom growing room and it was found that biocide efficacy in lab‐scale did not translate well in pilot‐scale. Conclusions: Biocides that are used in the mushroom industry and potential alternative biocides were determined to be effective against L. monocytogenes biofilm in both lab‐scale and pilot‐scale experiments. Significance and impact of the study: This study has direct impact for the industry as it provides information on the efficacy of currently used biocides and other biocidal products against L. monocytogenes, an added benefit to their primary use. | en |
| dc.description.sponsorship | Department of Agriculture, Food & the Marine (under the Food Institutional Research Measure project 14F881) | en |
| dc.description.status | Peer reviewed | en |
| dc.description.version | Accepted Version | en |
| dc.format.mimetype | application/pdf | en |
| dc.identifier.citation | Dygico, L. K., Gahan, C. G., Grogan, H. and Burgess, C. M. (2020) 'Examining the efficacy of mushroom industry biocides on Listeria monocytogenes biofilm', Journal of Applied Microbiology, doi: 10.1111/jam.14681 | en |
| dc.identifier.doi | 10.1111/jam.14681 | en |
| dc.identifier.endpage | 27 | en |
| dc.identifier.issn | 1364-5072 | |
| dc.identifier.journaltitle | Journal of Applied Microbiology | en |
| dc.identifier.startpage | 1 | en |
| dc.identifier.uri | https://hdl.handle.net/10468/9960 | |
| dc.language.iso | en | en |
| dc.publisher | Wiley | en |
| dc.relation.uri | https://sfamjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1111/jam.14681 | |
| dc.rights | © 2020 Society for Applied Microbiology. This is the peer reviewed version of the following article: Dygico, L.K., Gahan, C.G., Grogan, H. and Burgess, C.M. (2020), Examining the efficacy of mushroom industry biocides on Listeria monocytogenes biofilm. J Appl Microbiol. Accepted Author Manuscript, which has been published in final form at https://doi.org/10.1111/jam.14681. This article may be used for non-commercial purposes in accordance with Wiley Terms and Conditions for Self-Archiving. | en |
| dc.subject | Listeria monocytogenes | en |
| dc.subject | Biofilm | en |
| dc.subject | Biocides | en |
| dc.subject | Mushroom industry | en |
| dc.title | Examining the efficacy of mushroom industry biocides on Listeria monocytogenes biofilm | en |
| dc.type | Article (peer-reviewed) | en |
