Coppola Francesca, Fratianni Florinda, Bianco Vittorio, Wang Zhe, Pellegrini Michela, Coppola Raffaele, Nazzaro Filomena
Institute of Food Science, CNR-ISA, 83100 Avellino, Italy.
Department of Agricultural Sciences, University of Naples "Federico II", Piazza Carlo di Borbone 1, 80055 Portici, Italy.
Microorganisms. 2025 May 2;13(5):1062. doi: 10.3390/microorganisms13051062.
Traditional food technologies, while essential, often face limitations in sensitivity, real-time detection, and adaptability to complex biological systems such as microbial biofilms. These constraints have created a growing demand for more advanced, precise, and non-invasive tools to ensure food safety and quality. In response to these challenges, cross-disciplinary technological integration has opened new opportunities for the food industry and public health, leveraging methods originally developed in other scientific fields. Although their industrial-scale implementation is still evolving, their application in research and pilot settings has already significantly improved our ability to detect and control biofilms, thereby strengthening food safety protocols. Advanced analytical techniques, the identification of pathogenic species and their virulence markers, and the screening of "natural" antimicrobial compounds can now be conceptualized as interconnected elements within a virtual framework centered on "food" and "biofilm". In this short review, starting from the basic concepts of biofilm and associated microorganisms, we highlight a selection of emerging analytical approaches-from optical methods, microfluidics, Atomic Force Microscopy (AFM), and biospeckle techniques to molecular strategies like CRISPR, qPCR, and NGS, and the use of organoids. Initially conceived for biomedical and biotechnological applications, these tools have recently demonstrated their value in food science by enhancing our understanding of biofilm behavior and supporting the discovery of novel anti-biofilm strategies.
传统食品技术虽然至关重要,但在灵敏度、实时检测以及对微生物生物膜等复杂生物系统的适应性方面往往面临局限性。这些限制使得人们对更先进、精确且非侵入性的工具需求日益增长,以确保食品安全和质量。为应对这些挑战,跨学科技术整合为食品行业和公共卫生带来了新机遇,它利用了最初在其他科学领域开发的方法。尽管它们在工业规模上的应用仍在不断发展,但其在研究和试点环境中的应用已经显著提高了我们检测和控制生物膜的能力,从而加强了食品安全协议。先进的分析技术、致病物种及其毒力标记的鉴定以及“天然”抗菌化合物的筛选,现在可以被概念化为一个以“食品”和“生物膜”为中心的虚拟框架内相互关联的要素。在这篇简短的综述中,我们从生物膜及相关微生物的基本概念出发,重点介绍了一系列新兴的分析方法——从光学方法、微流控技术、原子力显微镜(AFM)和生物散斑技术到分子策略如CRISPR、qPCR和NGS,以及类器官的应用。这些工具最初是为生物医学和生物技术应用而构思的,最近通过增强我们对生物膜行为的理解并支持新型抗生物膜策略的发现,在食品科学中展现出了价值。
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