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BRAZILIAN JOURNAL OF MICROBIOLOGY
Volume 49, Issue -, Pages 113-118Publisher
SOC BRASILEIRA MICROBIOLOGIA
DOI: 10.1016/j.bjm.2018.06.008
Keywords
Antimicrobial copper-alloys; Foodborne pathogens; Salmonella; Listeria monocytogenes; Poultry meat
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- ENLACE [ENL018/16]
- FONDECYT [1171575]
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Poultry meat is a food product that usually carries high rates of microbial contamination, including foodborne pathogens. The poultry industry has established different systems to minimize these hazards. In recent years, extensive literature has demonstrated the antimicrobial activity of different contact surfaces made of copper to effectively reduce microbial loads. The aim of the present study was to evaluate the antibacterial effect of copper surfaces on the transmission of two foodborne pathogens Salmonella enterica and Listeria monocytogenes and a poultry native microbiota bacterial species Enterobacter cloacae. We also evaluated the impact of the poultry meat matrix on the antimicrobial activity of a copper surface. Our results indicated that copper surfaces reduced the bacterial load quickly (
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