Listeria biofilm

[Richard Chivers]

Can anyone tell me how to detect Listeria biofilm as opposed to the organism in food.

Thank you

Richard Chivers

[Tom Johnson]

Richard,

The biofilm matrix itself is largely populated with pseudomonas aeruganosa and related species.  Legionella are bacteria and require a host to grow.  The protozoa amoeba provide host to the legionella organism.  When the host is conquered, it busts releasing millions of the little nasties.

Some end up in waters that if aerosolized, will transmit infection to whomever inhales the legionella contaminated aerosols.

Tom Johnson

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[Richard Chivers]

Thank you Tom, I’ll have a look 

On 4 Jan 2021, at 14:33, Thomas Johnson <mrcl...@mac.com> wrote:

Richard,

Check out Montana State Universities center for biofilm engineering. Professor Paul Sturman and his colleagues have developed myriad platforms for biofilm testing, identification and characterization. So too do they have culturable biofilm enabling control testing

Tom Johnson

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On Dec 9, 2020, at 8:38 AM, Tom Johnson <to...@jdpinc.com> wrote:

 Richard,

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