title: Surface adhesins and exopolymers of selected foodborne pathogens.
abstract: The ability of bacteria to bind different compounds and to adhere to biotic and abiotic surfaces provides them with a range of advantages, such as colonization of various tissues, internalization, avoidance of an immune response, and survival and persistence in the environment. A variety of bacterial surface structures are involved in this process and these promote bacterial adhesion in a more or less specific manner. In this review, we will focus on those surface adhesins and exopolymers in selected foodborne pathogens that are involved mainly in primary adhesion. Their role in biofilm development will also be considered when appropriate. Both the clinical impact and the implications for food safety of such adhesion will be discussed.
authors.affiliation: Veterinary Research Institute, Brno, Czech Republic.
authors.forename: Zoran
authors.initials: Z
authors.lastname: Jaglic
authors.affiliation: INRA, UR454 Microbiologie, F-63122 Saint-Genès Champanelle, France.
authors.forename: Mickaël
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Desvaux
authors.affiliation: Department of Food Microbiology, Institute of Food Science and Biotechnology, University of Hohenheim, Garbenstrasse 28, 70599 Stuttgart, Germany.
authors.forename: Agnes
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Weiss
authors.affiliation: Norwegian Veterinary Institute, Oslo, Norway.
authors.forename: Live L
authors.initials: LL
authors.lastname: Nesse
authors.affiliation: Interdisciplinary Nanoscience Center (iNANO), Aarhus University, Gustav Wieds Vej 14, DK-8000 Aarhus C, Denmark.
authors.forename: Rikke L
authors.initials: RL
authors.lastname: Meyer
authors.affiliation: Institute of Chemical Technology, Faculty of Food and Biochemical Technology, Department of Biochemistry and Microbiology, Technicka 5, Prague, 166 28, Czech Republic.
authors.forename: Katerina
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Demnerova
authors.affiliation: Department of Food Microbiology, Institute of Food Science and Biotechnology, University of Hohenheim, Garbenstrasse 28, 70599 Stuttgart, Germany.
authors.forename: Herbert
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Schmidt
authors.affiliation: Department of Food Science and Nutrition, Faculty of the Environment, University of the Aegean, 81400 Myrina, Lemnos Island, Greece.
authors.forename: Efstathios
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Giaouris
authors.affiliation: Kaunas University of Technology, Kaunas, Lithuania.
authors.forename: Ausra
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Sipailiene
authors.affiliation: CEB - Centre of Biological Engineering, University of Minho, Braga, Portugal.
authors.forename: Pilar
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Teixeira
authors.affiliation: SUA, Department of Microbiology, Tr. A. Hlinku 2, 949 76 Nitra, Slovakia.
authors.forename: Miroslava
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Kačániová
authors.affiliation: Institute of Microbiology and Biotechnology, University of Ulm, Ulm, Germany.
authors.forename: Christian U
authors.initials: CU
authors.lastname: Riedel
authors.affiliation: Department of Food Science, University of Copenhagen, Rolighedsvej 30, Frederiksberg C 1958, Denmark.
authors.forename: Susanne
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Knøchel
mesh_terms: D018829:Adhesins, Bacterial / Q000032:analysis*; D001419:Bacteria / Q000378:metabolism*; D001422:Bacterial Adhesion; D018407:Bacterial Physiological Phenomena; D018441:Biofilms / Q000254:growth & development; D001704:Biopolymers / Q000378:metabolism*; D005517:Foodborne Diseases / Q000382:microbiology*
chemical_list: D018829:Adhesins, Bacterial; D001704:Biopolymers