Antibacterial Effects of Thermosonication Technology on Strains Identified from Swine Food Chain: An In Vitro Study

Overview

Journal Foods

Specialty Biotechnology

Date 2024 Oct 26

PMID 39456321

Authors

Luca Pennisi

Gianluigi Ferri

Carlotta Lauteri

Daniele Di Clerico

Alberto Vergara

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Abstract

Among innovative food technologies, ultrasounds have demonstrated physical damages (provided by frequency and intensity factors) on bacterial structures while determining the microbiological stabilization of many foodstuffs. This study tested the efficacy of the thermosonication process on 16 strains belonging to the academic biobank (isolated from swine slaughterhouses). All strains were exposed to focused ultrasounds, generated by the Waveco system (Milan, Italy), with the following settings: 40 KHz coupled with 80 W at different 5 min intervals starting from 5 to 15 ones, and focusing on two different temperatures: 40 °C and 50 °C. After each treatment, all strains were directly plated onto count agars immediately (t0) and after 24 h (t24) of storage at refrigerated temperature. The results showed bacterial reductions by prolonging the sonication treatments until 15 min (i.e., 50 °C for 15 min reduced of 2.16 log CFU/gr the initial loads). In the present in vitro study, the most considerable decrease was observed after 24 h. It meant that strains were lethally damaged at the wall level, confirming the ultrasound bactericidal effect on loads. The present in vitro scientific investigation demonstrates the practical bactericidal effects of thermosonication, highlighting promising applications at the industry level for food microbial stabilization and shelf-life prolongation.

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