Yeast adhesion to and biofilm formation on surfaces is present in many different environments. In food industry, biofilms may be a source of contaminations, causing food spoilage and reducing quality of products. Candida ...

The use of natural antifungal agents has gained much attention to extend shelf-life, increase the safety of food products in the food industry and inhibit disease-causing microorganisms. The objective of this study was to ...

Prototheca is a unicellular, achlorophyllous yeast-like microalga. The most important animal disease caused by Prototheca is bovine mastitis. The outbreaks of bovine mastitis caused by Prototheca bovis (formerly P. zopfii ...

Industry environments could be a carrier of a wide range of microbial contaminants which can cause adverse effects on food deterioration as well as compromise the safety of food products. Meat processing facilities are ...

This study aimed to evaluate the nutritional quality claw meat of invasive species blue crab (Callinectes sapidus) caught in the different sites of the coastal part of the Adriatic Sea (Tivat Bay and Ulcinj). Crabs were ...

Edible insects are acknowledged as a valuable nutritional source and promising alternative to traditional feed ingredients, while the optimization of rearing conditions is required for their wider utilization in the animal ...

The aim of this study was to determine the influence of alternative ripening (thermo-hygrometric) conditions in the summer production season (batch S) on changes in free amino acids (FAA) and biogenic amines (BA) content ...

Quorum sensing (QS) represents a specific way of bacterial intercellular communication, which is enabled owing to their ability to detect and respond to cell population density by gene regulation. QS mechanisms are responsible ...

Listeria monocytogenes is an important gram-positive foodborne pathogen which can cause the serious illness, listeriosis, which leads to a 30% rate of mortality among patients. This bacteria is often linked to ready-to-eat ...

The aim of this study was to assess the potential of bacteria Escherichia coli ATCC 35218, Pseudomonas aeruginosa ATCC 27853, Staphylococcus aureus ATCC 25923 and yeast Pichia membranifaciens ZIM 2417 to adhere to wooden ...