Journal
MOLECULES
Volume 25, Issue 2, Pages -Publisher
MDPI
DOI: 10.3390/molecules25020383
Keywords
biofilm; ESBL; Escherichia coli; Listeria monocytogenes; thymol
Funding
- Ministero della Salute (Italy) [IZSSI08/16RC, IZS13/15RC]
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The main objective of this study was to evaluate the efficacy of thymol in controlling environmental contamination in food processing facilities. The effect of thymol was tested as an agent to prevent planktonic and bacterial biofilm growth of twenty-five Listeriamonocytogenes isolates from a variety of foods and five Escherichia coli isolates from a farm. The E. coli isolates were positive for extended spectrum beta-lactamase (ESBL) genes. All isolates and reference strains were susceptible to thymol at Minimum inhibitory concentration (MIC) values ranging from 250 to 800 mu g/mL. An interesting activity of interference with biofilm formation of L. monocytogenes and E. coli was found for thymol at sub-MIC concentrations of 200, 100, 75, and 50 mu g/mL. Anti-biofilm activity ranging from 59.71% to 66.90% against pre-formed 24-h-old L.monocytogenes biofilms at concentrations of 500 or 800 mu g/mL, corresponding to 2x MIC, was determined against free-living forms of six isolates chosen as the best or moderate biofilm producers among the tested strains. The property of thymol to attack L.monocytogenes biofilm formation was also observed at a concentration of 100 mu g/mL, corresponding to 1/4 MIC, by using a stainless-steel model to simulate the surfaces in food industries. This study gives information on the use of thymol in food processing setting.
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