Avaliação da formação de biofilme e sensibilidade ao ácido peracético por Salmonella spp. isolada de abatedouro avícola

• Ano de defesa: 2014
• Autor(a) principal: Vivian, Ricardo Campos [UNESP]
• Tipo de documento: Dissertação
• Tipo de acesso: Acesso aberto
• Idioma: por
• Instituição de defesa: Universidade Estadual Paulista (Unesp)
• Palavras-chave em Português: Salmonella; Biofilme; Ácido peracético; Desinfecção e desinfetantes; Biofilms
• Link de acesso: http://hdl.handle.net/11449/110628

Despite recent technological advances in the food industry, still observed the occurrence of numerous food borne illnesses due to ingestion of contaminated by pathogenic microorganisms, including members of the genus Salmonella spp. Among the products involved in processes of contamination by this agent, the steaks are the most important, being the vehicle of birds in numerous cases of human infections. In addition to problems in public health, the microorganism causes big problems due to the formation of biofilms in the industry, and this occurs because of the accession of microorganisms on a surface of contact, which are fixed, are an array of exopolysaccharides and begin their growth. These are a concern to the food industry for its effect as a source of chronic infection, which increases the chances of placement of the pathogen to the consumer. There are many factors that affect biofilm development, entres they the type of surface and its physicochemical properties, since they will directly influence the adhesion of microorganisms. Several control measures to solve the problem are employed in the industry, such as the use of sanitizers, featured in the peracetic acid, though they have proven their effect on sessile cells in biofilms its action still needs more scientific evidence. In this sense, the data obtained from this study confirm the importance of Salmonella spp. as forming biofilm on different surfaces, which can induce a greater permanence of these microorganisms in the processing environment in the industry and hence a greater chance of food contamination, with risks to the consumer. Our results also confirmed that the physicochemical surface properties of different materials directly influence the adhesion of microorganisms and, consequently, the development of the biofilm. In simple terms, the greater the hydrophobicity of the surface, the greater the ability to promote the development of the biofilm, in order that the ...