title: Effectiveness of phages in the decontamination of Listeria monocytogenes adhered to clean stainless steel, stainless steel coated with fish protein, and as a biofilm.
abstract: Listeria monocytogenes is a food-borne pathogen which causes listeriosis and is difficult to eradicate from seafood processing environments; therefore, more effective control methods need to be developed. This study investigated the effectiveness of three bacteriophages (LiMN4L, LiMN4p and LiMN17), individually or as a three-phage cocktail at ≈9 log₁₀ PFU/ml, in the lysis of three seafood-borne L. monocytogenes strains (19CO9, 19DO3 and 19EO3) adhered to a fish broth layer on stainless steel coupon (FBSSC) and clean stainless steel coupon (SSC), in 7-day biofilm, and dislodged biofilm cells at 15 ± 1 °C. Single phage treatments (LiMN4L, LiMN4p or LiMN17) decreased bacterial cells adhered to FBSSC and SSC by ≈3-4.5 log units. Phage cocktail reduced the cells on both surfaces (≈3.8-4.5 and 4.6-5.4 log10 CFU/cm², respectively), to less than detectable levels after ≈75 min (detection limit = 0.9 log₁₀ CFU/cm²). The phage cocktail at ≈5.8, 6.5 and 7.5 log₁₀ PFU/cm² eliminated Listeria contamination (≈1.5-1.7 log₁₀ CFU/cm²) on SSC in ≈15 min. One-hour phage treatments (LiMN4p, LiMN4L and cocktail) in three consecutive applications resulted in a decrease of 7-day L. monocytogenes biofilms (≈4 log₁₀ CFU/cm²) by ≈2-3 log units. Single phage treatments reduced dislodged biofilm cells of each L. monocytogenes strain by ≈5 log₁₀ CFU/ml in 1 h. The three phages were effective in controlling L. monocytogenes on stainless steel either clean or soiled with fish proteins which is likely to occur in seafood processing environments. Phages were more effective on biofilm cells dislodged from the surface compared with undisturbed biofilm cells. Therefore, for short-term phage treatments of biofilm it should be considered that some disruption of the biofilm cells from the surface prior to phage application will be required.
authors.affiliation: Institute of Food Nutrition and Human Health, Massey University, Albany Campus, North Shore City, Auckland, 0745, New Zealand.
authors.forename: Geevika J
authors.initials: GJ
authors.lastname: Ganegama Arachchi
authors.forename: Andrew G
authors.initials: AG
authors.lastname: Cridge
authors.forename: Beatrice M
authors.initials: BM
authors.lastname: Dias-Wanigasekera
authors.forename: Cristina D
authors.initials: CD
authors.lastname: Cruz
authors.forename: Lynn
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: McIntyre
authors.forename: Rachel
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Liu
authors.forename: Steve H
authors.initials: SH
authors.lastname: Flint
authors.forename: Anthony N
authors.initials: AN
authors.lastname: Mutukumira
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001422:Bacterial Adhesion; D001435:Bacteriophages / Q000502:physiology*; D018441:Biofilms; D015169:Colony Count, Microbial; D003666:Decontamination / Q000379:methods*; D029941:Fish Proteins / Q000032:analysis; D005506:Food Contamination / Q000032:analysis / Q000517:prevention & control*; D008089:Listeria monocytogenes / Q000302:isolation & purification / Q000502:physiology* / Q000821:virology*; D017747:Seafood / Q000382:microbiology*; D013193:Stainless Steel / Q000032:analysis
chemical_list: D029941:Fish Proteins; D013193:Stainless Steel
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