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| Author(s): |
Milla Gabriela dos Santos
Total Authors: 1
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| Document type: | Master's Dissertation |
| Press: | Piracicaba. , ilustrações. |
| Institution: | Universidade de São Paulo (USP). Escola Superior de Agricultura Luiz de Queiroz (ESALA/BC) |
| Defense date: | 2009-08-28 |
| Examining board members: |
Ernani Porto;
Christiane Maciel Vasconcellos Barros de Rensis;
Gilma Lucazechi Sturion
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| Advisor: | Ernani Porto |
| Field of knowledge: | Agronomical Sciences - Food Science and Technology |
| Indexed in: | Banco de Dados Bibliográficos da USP-DEDALUS; Biblioteca Digital de Teses e Dissertações - USP |
| Location: | Universidade de São Paulo. Biblioteca Central da Escola Superior de Agricultura Luiz de Queiroz; t637.1277 94971; S237e |
| Abstract | |
Dairy industries are easily susceptible to contamination by L. monocytogenes, which could form biofilms in equipments and utensils and become a source of recontamination of pasteurized dairy products. The objective of this work was to analyze the formation of biofilms by L. monocytogenes at different conditions found in dairy industries such as temperature, time and presence of E. coli, as well as to evaluate the efficiency of the cleaning process used called Clean in Place (CIP) against the biofilms formed. To do so, an experimental model with stainless steel coupons of the same specification as the milk pasteurizer was used. The coupons were immersed in a glass flask containing whole UHT milk and Tryptic Soy BOH + 0.6% Yeast Extract (TSB-YE), artificially contaminated with a suspension of L. monocytogenes. The coupons remained for a period of ten hours under constant agitation at temperature of 5 and 35oC, aiming at the adherence of the strains on the surface, followed by incubation at different times (18 and 114 hours) and temperatures (5 and 35oC) for the formation of the biofilm, followed by CIP process. The bacterial populations of biofilms were evaluated by sampling through swab and scanning electron microscopy (SEM). The formation of biofilms by L. monocytogenes was significantly influenced by temperature, and temperature of 5°C prolonged their survival on stainless steel, probably due to the formation of extracellular polymers, produced in greater numbers at this temperature. Therefore, refrigeration should not be used as the only way to prevent food contamination. The substrate and the presence of E. coli did not influence the formation of biofilms by L. monocytogenes. In all conditions studied, the CIP cleaning process was efficient to remove L. monocytogenes cells at levels not detected through the swab method or making these cells unviable. (AU) | |