Journal
APPLIED AND ENVIRONMENTAL MICROBIOLOGY
Volume 87, Issue 23, Pages -Publisher
AMER SOC MICROBIOLOGY
DOI: 10.1128/AEM.01042-21
Keywords
carbon dots; foodborne pathogens; photoinactivation
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- USDA [2019-67018-29689]
- NSF [1701399, 1701424, 1855905]
- Direct For Mathematical & Physical Scien
- Division Of Materials Research [1855905] Funding Source: National Science Foundation
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Foodborne pathogens have long been a major challenge for the food industry, and there is a critical need for new tools to control and prevent contaminations. This study demonstrated the effectiveness of carbon dots in photoinactivating Listeria monocytogenes and Salmonella cells, suggesting them as promising agents for foodborne pathogens. The study contributes to the practical application of CDots as new nanomaterial-based photodynamic inactivation agents.
Foodborne pathogens have long been recognized as major challenges for the food industry and repeatedly implicated in food product recalls and outbreaks of foodborne diseases. This study demonstrated the application of a recently discovered class of visible-light-activated carbon-based nanoparticles, namely, carbon dots (CDots), for photodynamic inactivation of foodborne pathogens. The results demonstrated that CDots were highly effective in the photoinactivation of Listeria monocytogenes in suspensions and on stainless steel surfaces. However, it was much less effective for Salmonella cells, but treatments with higher CDot concentrations and longer times were still able to inactivate Salmonella cells. The mechanistic implications of the observed different antibacterial effects on the two types of cells were assessed, and the associated generation of intracellular reactive oxygen species (ROS), the resulting lipid peroxidation, and the leakage of nucleic acid and proteins from the treated cells were analyzed, with the results collectively suggesting CDots as a class of promising photodynamic inactivation agents for foodborne pathogens. IMPORTANCE Foodborne infectious diseases have long been recognized as major challenges in public health. Contaminations of food processing facilities and equipment with foodborne pathogens occur often. There is a critical need for new tools/approaches to control the pathogens and prevent such contaminations in food processing facilities and other settings. This study reports a newly established antimicrobial nanomaterials platform, (Dots coupled with visible/natural light, for effective and efficient inactivation of representative foodborne bacterial pathogens. The study will contribute to promoting the practical application of CDots as a new class of promising nanomaterial-based photodynamic inactivation agents for foodborne pathogens.
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