Understanding of multispecies biofilms in the food industry is indispensible to control biofilm related food safety and quality issues Research Institute for Agriculture, Fisheries and Food
Microbial contamination in the food industry constitutes an important risk for the safety and quality of food products. Despite cleaning and disinfection food contact surfaces often remain soiled with attached microbial communities called biofilms. These biofilms mostly contain different species which interact synergisticially, rendering them more resilient and harder to eradicate through routine cleaning ...