| About the Editors |
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| List of Contributors |
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| Foreword |
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| Preface to the Technical Series |
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| Preface |
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| Acknowledgements |
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| 1 Introduction to Biofilms: Definition and Basic Concepts |
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1.1 Definition of biofilms |
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1.2 Importance of biofilms in the dairy industry |
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1.5 Composition of the EPS |
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1.6 Composition of the biofilm population |
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1.7 Enhanced resistance of cells within biofilms |
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10 | (1) |
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1.9 Emerging strategies for biofilm control |
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12 | (1) |
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| 2 Significance of Bacterial Attachment: A Focus on the Food Industry |
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2.1 Introduction: The importance of bacterial attachment in biofilm development |
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2.2 Conditioning films and bacterial footprints: The importance of conditioning films and bacterial footprints in cell attachment |
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2.3 Bacterial outer surface and attachment |
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2.3.1 Role of surface charge in relation to the abiotic surface and bacterial cell |
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2.3.2 Hydrophobic interactions |
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2.3.3 Role of carbohydrates in attachment |
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2.3.4 Teichoic acids, eDNA and cell attachment: Are we missing something? |
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2.4 Role of the abiotic surface in attachment |
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2.4.1 Are all abiotic surfaces created even? |
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2.4.2 Surface modification and ion impregnation of stainless steel to reduce cell attachment |
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2.4.3 Surface roughness and microtopography |
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2.5 Staphylococcus and attachment, an example: Surface proteins implicated in cell attachment to abiotic surfaces |
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| 3 The Effect of Milk Composition on the Development of Biofilms |
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3.3 Influence of organic molecules (protein and lipid) on the development of biofilms in the dairy industry |
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3.4 Protein and lipid molecules reduce attachment of bacteria to surfaces |
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3.5 Effect of ions on the development of biofilms of thermophilic bacilli |
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| 4 Overview of the Problems Resulting from Biofilm Contamination in the Dairy Industry |
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4.2 Microbiological flora associated with dairy manufacturing |
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4.3 Effects of biofilms on food safety |
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4.3.2 Listeria monocytogenes |
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4.3.3 Cronobacter sakazakii |
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4.4 Effects of biofilms on spoilage |
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4.5 Effects of biofilms on processing efficiency |
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4.5.1 Effects of fouling and biofilms on heat transfer and flow rates |
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| 5 Raw Milk Quality Influenced by Biofilms and the Effect of Biofilm Growth on Dairy Product Quality |
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5.2 Composition of raw milk |
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5.3 Measurement of raw milk quality |
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5.4 Regulations and guidelines for the production of raw milk |
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5.4.2 In the United States |
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5.5 Microbial profile of raw milk and its effect on the dairy industry |
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5.5.1 Spoilage microorganisms in raw milk |
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5.5.2 Foodborne pathogens |
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5.5.3 Beneficial bacteria |
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5.6 Biofilms at dairy farms |
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5.6.1 General characteristics of biofilms |
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5.6.3 Milking equipment and raw milk storage tanks |
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| 6 Thermoresistant Streptococci |
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6.1 Characteristics of Streptococcus thermophilus and S. macedonicus |
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6.2 Biofilms of thermoresistant streptococci in dairy manufacturing equipment |
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6.3 Attachment of thermoresistant streptococci to surfaces |
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6.4 The role of cell surface proteins in attachment of thermoresistant streptococci |
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6.6 Strategies to control thermoresistant streptococci |
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6.6.2 Influence of cleaning and sanitation |
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| 7 Thermophilic Spore-Forming Bacilli in the Dairy Industry |
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7.2 Thermophilic spore-forming bacilli of importance to the dairy industry |
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7.2.2 Anoxybacillus flavithermus |
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7.2.3 Bacillus licheniformis |
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7.3 Spoilage by thermophilic bacilli |
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7.4.1 Spore structure and resistance |
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7.5 Enumeration of thermophilic bacilli |
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7.5.1 Viable plate counts |
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7.6 Characterisation and identification of thermophilic bacilli |
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7.6.1 Molecular-based typing methods |
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7.7 Biofilm formation by thermophilic bacilli |
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7.7.1 Attachment of cells and spores to surfaces |
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7.7.2 Biofilm development |
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7.7.3 Spore development within biofilms |
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7.8 Thermophilic bacilli in dairy manufacturing |
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7.8.1 Thermophilic bacilli in raw milk |
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7.8.2 Milk powder manufacturing |
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7.8.3 Thermophilic bacilli in other dairy processes |
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7.9 Control of thermophilic bacilli |
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7.9.2 Other control methods |
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129 | (9) |
| 8 Biofilm Contamination of Ultrafiltration and Reverse Osmosis Plants |
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8.2 Ultrafiltration and reverse osmosis membranes |
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8.3 Membrane configuration and materials |
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8.4 Crossflow and biofouling |
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8.5.1 Membrane surface characteristics and biofilm formation |
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8.6.1 Models and bioreactors for biofilm study |
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8.7 Investigation of persistent biofilms on UF membranes |
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8.7.1 Attachment of Klebsiella isolates to UF membranes |
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8.7.2 Removal of Klebsiella biofilms from membranes |
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8.8 Other isolates from WPCs |
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| 9 Pathogen Contamination in Dairy Manufacturing Environments |
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9.2.1 Cronobacter species (formerly Enterobacter sakazakii) |
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9.2.4 Campylobacter jejuni |
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9.2.6 Listeria monocytogenes |
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9.4 Preventing contamination of dairy products by pathogenic microorganisms |
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9.4.1 Pathogenic bacteria in raw milk |
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171 | (1) |
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9.4.2 Prevention of contamination at the dairy manufacturing plant |
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| 10 Biofilm Issues in Dairy Waste Effluents |
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10.2 Overview of dairy effluent treatment |
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190 | (2) |
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10.3 Dairy farm waste treatment |
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192 | (1) |
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10.4 Composition of biofilms |
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193 | (2) |
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10.5 Application of biofilms in dairy wastewater treatment |
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10.7 Controlling biofilms in waste treatment systems |
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| 11 Biofilm Modelling |
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11.3 Why construct a model? |
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11.4 Types of model available |
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11.4.1 Probabilistic models |
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11.5 Modelling dairy biofilms |
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11.6 Example of biofilm modelling |
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11.6.1 Model laboratory system |
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| 12 Biofilm Control in Dairy Manufacturing Plants |
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12.2 Factors that influence growth and survival of bacteria in biofilms |
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12.2.6 Cleaning and sanitation |
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12.2.7 Interactions between bacteria in biofilms |
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12.3 Controlling biofilm development in dairy processing equipment |
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12.3.1 Controlling biofilms with standard cleaning practices |
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12.3.2 Changing equipment design |
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12.4 Controlling biofilm development on environmental surfaces |
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12.4.1 Standard cleaning and sanitation practices |
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12.4.3 Interactions with other microorganisms |
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| Index |
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