Anti-Biofilm Properties Exhibited by Different Types of Monofloral Honey †
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Institute of Food Science, CNR-ISA, Via Roma 64, 83100 Avellino, Italy
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Department of Pharmacy, DiFARMA, University of Salerno, Via Giovanni Paolo II, 84084 Fisciano, Italy
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Department of Agriculture, Environment and Food, DiAAA, University of Molise, Via de Sanctis snc, 86100 Campobasso, Italy
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Presented at the 1st International Electronic Conference on Microbiology, 2–30 November 2020; Available online: https://ecm2020.sciforum.net/.
Proceedings 2020, 66(1), 16; https://doi.org/10.3390/proceedings2020066016
Published: 4 January 2021
(This article belongs to the Proceedings of The 1st International Electronic Conference on Microbiology)
Our aim was to evaluate the susceptibility of bacterial biofilm formation and the metabolic changes occurring in the bacterial cells by the action of ivy, strawberry tree, lavender, sulla and tree of heaven monofloral honeys. Listeria monocytogenes was the most sensitive bacteria with percentages of biofilm inhibition up to 72.20%. Pseudomonas aeruginosa was less sensitive, but tree of heaven and sulla honey caused an inhibition of biofilm up to 40.41% and 35.85%, respectively. The tree of heaven honey acted on the P. aeruginosa metabolism (75.24%). Staphylococcus aureus, majorly resistant to the biofilm-inhibitory action of the honey, was more sensitive at the metabolic level (61.63% inhibition in the presence of the tree of heaven honey).
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Nazzaro, F.; Fratianni, F.; d’Acierno, A.; Ombra, M.N.; Caputo, L.; Coppola, R.; Feo, V.D. Anti-Biofilm Properties Exhibited by Different Types of Monofloral Honey. Proceedings 2020, 66, 16. https://doi.org/10.3390/proceedings2020066016
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Nazzaro F, Fratianni F, d’Acierno A, Ombra MN, Caputo L, Coppola R, Feo VD. Anti-Biofilm Properties Exhibited by Different Types of Monofloral Honey. Proceedings. 2020; 66(1):16. https://doi.org/10.3390/proceedings2020066016
Chicago/Turabian StyleNazzaro, Filomena, Florinda Fratianni, Antonio d’Acierno, Maria Neve Ombra, Lucia Caputo, Raffaele Coppola, and Vincenzo De Feo. 2020. "Anti-Biofilm Properties Exhibited by Different Types of Monofloral Honey" Proceedings 66, no. 1: 16. https://doi.org/10.3390/proceedings2020066016
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