Inactivation Efficacies and Mechanisms of Gas Plasma and Plasma-Activated Water against Aspergillus flavus Spores and Biofilms: a Comparative Study-Reference-Cited by-同舟云学术

Inactivation Efficacies and Mechanisms of Gas Plasma and Plasma-Activated Water against Aspergillus flavus Spores and Biofilms: a Comparative Study

Published:2020-04-17 Issue:9 Volume:86 Page:
ISSN:0099-2240
Container-title:Applied and Environmental Microbiology
language:en
Short-container-title:Appl Environ Microbiol

Author:

Los Agata¹,Ziuzina Dana¹,Boehm Daniela¹,Cullen Patrick J.¹²,Bourke Paula¹³⁴^ORCID

Affiliation:

1. Plasma Research Group, School of Food Science and Environmental Health, Technological University of Dublin, Dublin, Ireland

2. School of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, University of Sydney, Sydney, Australia

3. School of Biological Sciences, Institute for Global Food Security, Queens University Belfast, Belfast, United Kingdom

4. Plasma Research Group, School of Biosystems and Food Engineering, University College Dublin, Belfield, Dublin, Ireland

Abstract

The production of mycotoxin-free food remains a challenge in both human and animal food chains. A. flavus , a mycotoxin-producing contaminant of economically important crops, was selected as the model microorganism to investigate the efficiency and mechanisms of ACP technology against fungal contaminants of food. Our study directly compares the antifungal properties of gas plasma (GP) and plasma-activated water (PAW) against fungi as well as reporting the effects of ACP treatment on biofilms produced by A. flavus .

Funder

Science Foundation Ireland

Publisher

American Society for Microbiology

Subject

Ecology,Applied Microbiology and Biotechnology,Food Science,Biotechnology

Link

https://journals.asm.org/doi/pdf/10.1128/AEM.02619-19

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