PMID- 35761623 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 20220629 LR - 20220908 IS - 1873-7145 (Electronic) IS - 0963-9969 (Linking) VI - 157 DP - 2022 Jul TI - Effect of chlorine sanitizer on metabolic responses of Escherichia coli biofilms "big six" during cross-contamination from abiotic surface to sponge cake. PG - 111361 LID - S0963-9969(22)00418-5 [pii] LID - 10.1016/j.foodres.2022.111361 [doi] AB - The effect of chlorine on Escherichia coli biofilm O157:H7 are well established; however, the effect on biofilm adhesion to food as well as the six emerging E. coli serotypes ("big six") have not been fully understood. Chlorine sanitization with 1-min 100 mg/L was applied against seven pathogenic E. coli (O111, O121:H19, O45:H2, O26:H11, O103:H11, O145, and O157:H7) biofilms on high-density polyethylene (HDPE) and stainless steel (SS) coupons, respectively. Using sponge cake as a food model, the adhesion behavior was evaluated by comparison of bacteria transfer rate before and after treatment. Besides, the metabolic profiles of biofilms were analyzed by nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) spectrometer. A significant decrease in transfer rate (79% decline on SS and 33% decline on HDPE) was recorded as well as the distinctive pattern between SS and HDPE coupons was also noticed, with a low population (6-7 log CFU/coupon) attached and low survivals (0-3 log CFU/coupon) upon chlorine on SS, while high population (7-8 log CFU/coupon) attached and high survivals (5-7 log CFU/coupon) on HDPE. Moreover, O121:H19 and O26:H11 demonstrated the highest resistance to chlorine with the least metabolic status and pathways affected. O103:H11, O145, and O111 followed similar metabolic patterns on both surfaces. Distinct metabolic patterns were found in O45:H2 and O157:H7, where the former had more affected metabolic status and pathways on SS but less on HDPE, whereas the latter showed an opposite trend. Overall, a potential contamination source of STEC infection in flour products was demonstrated and metabolic changes induced by chlorine were revealed by NMR-based metabolomics, which provides insights to avoid "big six" biofilms contamination in food. CI - Copyright (c) 2022. Published by Elsevier Ltd. FAU - Lin, Zejia AU - Lin Z AD - Department of Food Science & Technology, National University of Singapore, Singapore 117542, Singapore; National University of Singapore (Suzhou) Research Institute, 377 Lin Quan Street, Suzhou Industrial Park, Suzhou, Jiangsu 215123, PR China. FAU - Chen, Tong AU - Chen T AD - Department of Food Science & Technology, National University of Singapore, Singapore 117542, Singapore; National University of Singapore (Suzhou) Research Institute, 377 Lin Quan Street, Suzhou Industrial Park, Suzhou, Jiangsu 215123, PR China. FAU - Zhou, Lehao AU - Zhou L AD - Department of Food Science & Technology, National University of Singapore, Singapore 117542, Singapore; National University of Singapore (Suzhou) Research Institute, 377 Lin Quan Street, Suzhou Industrial Park, Suzhou, Jiangsu 215123, PR China. FAU - Yang, Hongshun AU - Yang H AD - Department of Food Science & Technology, National University of Singapore, Singapore 117542, Singapore; National University of Singapore (Suzhou) Research Institute, 377 Lin Quan Street, Suzhou Industrial Park, Suzhou, Jiangsu 215123, PR China. Electronic address: fstynghs@nus.edu.sg. LA - eng PT - Journal Article PT - Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't DEP - 20220513 PL - Canada TA - Food Res Int JT - Food research international (Ottawa, Ont.) JID - 9210143 RN - 12597-68-1 (Stainless Steel) RN - 4R7X1O2820 (Chlorine) RN - 9002-88-4 (Polyethylene) SB - IM MH - Biofilms MH - *Chlorine/metabolism/pharmacology MH - Colony Count, Microbial MH - *Escherichia coli O157 MH - Food Microbiology MH - Polyethylene MH - Stainless Steel OTO - NOTNLM OT - Biofilm OT - Escherichia coli OT - Flour OT - High-density polyethylene OT - Metabolomics OT - NMR OT - Sodium hypochlorite OT - Stainless steel EDAT- 2022/06/29 06:00 MHDA- 2022/06/30 06:00 CRDT- 2022/06/28 01:02 PHST- 2022/02/17 00:00 [received] PHST- 2022/04/19 00:00 [revised] PHST- 2022/05/10 00:00 [accepted] PHST- 2022/06/28 01:02 [entrez] PHST- 2022/06/29 06:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2022/06/30 06:00 [medline] AID - S0963-9969(22)00418-5 [pii] AID - 10.1016/j.foodres.2022.111361 [doi] PST - ppublish SO - Food Res Int. 2022 Jul;157:111361. doi: 10.1016/j.foodres.2022.111361. Epub 2022 May 13.