Background meat industry microbiota in multispecies biofilms formed on stainless steel.
The present study evaluates the anti-biofilm activity of a coating applied with an atmospheric-pressure plasma jet system on AISI 316 stainless steel against multispecies biofilms containing L. monocytogenes (developed using indigenous microbiota from three different meat industries) using culture-dependent and culture-independent approaches. Also, the disinfection effectiveness and biofilm evolution after sanitization with two food industry biocides were assessed.