Md. Furkanur Rahaman Mizan

Chung-Ang University · School of Food Science and Technology

The aim of this study was to evaluate the promotive and/or inhibitory effects of NaCl, glucose, their combinations on biofilm formation and quorum sensing (QS) autoinducer-2 (AI-2) production on black tiger shrimp surfaces, using three strains of Vibrio parahaemolyticus. Initially, six different NaCl concentrations (0.5, 1, 2, 3, 4, and 5%) were ev...

Vibrio parahaemolyticus is an inhabitant of marine and estuarine environments that causes seafood-borne gastroenteritis in humans. In this study, an UltraFast LabChip Real-Time PCR assay was evaluated for rapid detection and quantification of pathogenic V. parahaemolyticus isolates. Escherichia coli and V. harveyi were used as negative controls. Tw...

Vibrio parahaemolyticus is one of the leading foodborne pathogens causing seafood contamination. Here, twenty-two V. parahaemolyticus strains were analyzed for biofilm formation to determine whether there is a correlation between biofilm formation and quorum sensing (QS), swimming motility, or hydrophobicity. Our results indicate that the biofilm f...

Salmonella is a food-borne microorganism that is also a zoonotic bacterial hazard in the food sector. This study determined how well a mixed culture of Salmonella Kentucky formed biofilms on plastic (PLA), silicon rubber (SR), rubber gloves (RG), chicken skin and eggshell surfaces. In vitro interactions between the histone deacetylase inhibitor-vor...

Poultry is thriving across the globe. Chicken meat is the most preferred poultry worldwide, and its popularity is increasing. However, poultry also threatens human hygiene, especially as a fomite of infectious diseases caused by the major foodborne pathogens (Campylobacter, Salmonella, and Listeria). Preventing pathogenic bacterial biofilm is cruci...

Consumers are more conscious of both the quality and microbial safety of the food they eat. Therefore, their demand for safe food and food products has motivated researchers to develop non-conventional processing technologies. Numerous investigations have shown the effectiveness of high-pressure processing, ultraviolet, pulsed light, ultrasonic ste...

This study investigated the antimicrobial and antibiofilm efficacy of separate and combined treatments of Lactobacillus curvatus B67-produced postbiotic and the polyphenolic flavanol quercetin against Listeria monocytogenes and Salmonella enterica ser. Typhimurium. The antimicrobial potentiality of the postbiotic was chiefly associated with organic...

Immunotherapies boosting the immune system's ability to target cancer cells are promising for the treatment of various tumor types, yet clinical responses differ among patients and cancers. Recently, there has been increasing interest in novel cancer immunotherapy practices aimed at triggering T cell-mediated anti-tumor responses. Antigen-directed...

Introduction: Humans are continually on the lookout for new ways to keep food safe from harmful chemical and microbiological deterioration, as well as foodborne illnesses. Objective: The aim of this study was to investigate the efficacy of metabolic byproducts from Kimchi-derived Lactiplantibacillus plantarum M.21 and plant-derived essential oils...

Salmonellosis is a prevalent food poisoning disease caused by Salmonella spp. that affects millions of people throughout the world. Contamination of chicken meat and processing equipment with Salmonella is a major issue in the food industry. Therefore, it is necessary to study not only food but also food contact surfaces [plastic (PLA) and rubber g...

Foodborne pathogen-mediated biofilms in food processing environments are severe threats to human lives. In the interest of human and environmental safety, natural substances with antimicrobial properties and generally regarded as safe (GRAS) status are the futuristic disinfectants of the food industry. In this study, the efficacy of bioactive, solu...

Despite many efforts in food sanitation techniques and pathogen surveillance to ensure microbial safety in the food industry, foodborne diseases remain a major threat to human health and an economic burden worldwide. Poultry is the major reservoir of Salmonella and Campylobacter. However, effective control of those pathogens during poultry processi...

Human health is main concern now a days, which is related with food. The most important issue is that these daily food are contaminated with different kinds of environmental pathogenic bacteria. In this study, we tried to find out the pathogenic bacteria from the environmental sources and investigated molecular characterizations including virulence...

Listeria monocytogenes is a prominent foodborne pathogen with potent biofilm-forming capability, which is to be crucial for its antimicrobial resistance and persistence. Therefore, using a combination of preservative components (hurdle technology) to control biofilms is a promising strategy. The purpose of this study was to investigate the antibiof...

Gastroenteritis infections in humans are mainly associated with consumption of Vibrio parahaemolyticus contaminated shellfish, which causes health and economic loss. Virulence factor production, antibiotic resistance profile, and biofilm-forming capacity of Vibrio parahaemolyticus isolates on food and food contact surfaces at 30 °C were investigate...

Biofilm is an advanced form of protection that allows bacterial cells to withstand adverse environmental conditions. The complex structure of biofilm results from genetic‐related mechanisms besides other factors such as bacterial morphology or substratum properties. Inhibition of biofilm formation of harmful bacteria (spoilage and pathogenic bacter...

Biofilm may influence bacterial susceptibility to traditional disinfectants but identifying effective natural disinfectants as alternatives remains a great challenge to researchers. The objective of this research was to examine antibiofilm activity of carvacrol against Pseudomonas aeruginosa and Listeria monocytogenes. It was found that different c...

Owing to their preservative and antimicrobial effects, postbiotics (metabolic byproducts of probiotics) are promising natural components for the food industry. Therefore, the present study aimed to investigate the efficacy of postbiotics collected from isolated Lactobacillus curvatus B.67 and Lactobacillus plantarum M.2 against Listeria monocytogen...

The goal was to identify the biofilm-forming ability of Cronobacter sakazakii on surfaces of stainless steel (SS) and silicone rubber (SR) in contact with infant formula milk. Two representative bacteriophages (PBES04 and PBES19) were used to control the growth of C. sakazakii as well as its biofilm forming ability on either SS or SR surfaces. Bact...

The presence of Salmonella serotypes is a major safety concern of the food industry and poultry farmers. This study aimed to isolate and identify Salmonella spp. from a chicken processing facility by PCR and pulsed-field gel electrophoresis (PFGE). In addition, the biofilm-forming abilities of the isolated bacteria on stainless steel, silicone rubb...

Lactic acid bacteria (LAB) with probiotic potential have become highly sought-after by global consumers due to their wide applicability. Here, two LAB strains (J.27 and M.21) were isolated from a traditional Korean fermented vegetable (kimchi) and identified via 16S rRNA gene sequence analyses. Afterward, the two LAB isolates were evaluated for the...

Salmonella enterica and Shiga toxin-producing (or verotoxin-producing) Escherichia coli are major foodborne pathogens, posing substantial food safety risks. Due to the negative effects of chemical treatment against foodborne pathogens, the application of enzyme-based techniques is currently receiving great attention. Here, we evaluated the inhibito...

Vibrio parahaemolyticus is a biofilm-producing seafood-borne pathogen that causes gastrointestinal disease in humans. Therefore, our study aimed to assess the elimination effects (alone or in combination) of ultraviolet C (UV-C; 5 to 60 mW×s/cm²) irradiation, sodium hypochlorite (NaOCl; 50 to 300 ppm), and slightly acidic electrolyzed water (SAEW;...

Salmonella is a foodborne pathogen and an emerging zoonotic bacterial threat in the food industry. The aim of this study was to evaluate the biofilm formation by a cocktail culture of three wild isolates of Salmonella enterica serotype Kentucky on plastic (PLA), silicon rubber (SR), and chicken skin surfaces under various temperatures (4, 10, 25, 3...

Listeria monocytogenes is a major foodborne pathogen that adversely affects the food industry. In this study, 6 anti-listerial lactic acid bacteria (LAB) isolates were screened. These anti-listerial LAB isolates were identified via 16S rRNA gene sequencing and analyzed via repetitive extragenic palindromic-PCR. Probiotic assessment of these isolate...

The purpose of this research was to characterize Listeria monocytogenes from several environmental and clinical sources and assess the efficacy of single and combined physico-chemical treatments in reducing biofilm on lettuce leaves. PCR analysis of L. monocytogenes isolates collected from different clinical (10 strains) and environmental sources (...

Salmonella is one of the common foodborne bacteria, causing 80.3 million illnesses every year worldwide. This study was conducted to isolate and identify S. enterica serovars from poultry samples responsible for causing foodborne poisoning in the Mississippi area, USA. A total of 55 Salmonella enterica serovars—Enteritidis (6), Oranienburg (1), Sch...

Food contamination is a major public health concern, with Salmonella Typhimurium, Escherichia coli, and Pseudomonas aeruginosa being the prominent causal agents. They often produce resistant shields in food through biofilm formation and are difficult to remove from food-contact surfaces using conventional cleaning agents. In the current study, we i...

Food contamination is a major public health concern, with Salmonella Typhimurium, Escherichia coli, and Pseudomonas aeruginosa being the prominent causal agents. They often produce resistant shields in food through biofilm formation and are difficult to remove from food-contact surfaces using conventional cleaning agents. In the current study, we i...

Foodborne diseases represent a major risk to public health worldwide. In this study, LPST153, a novel Salmonella lytic phage with halo (indicative of potential depolymerase activity) was isolated by employing Salmonella enterica serovar Typhimurium ATCC 13311 as the host and had excellent lytic potential against Salmonella. LPST153 is effectively a...

In this study, the effect of three essential oils (EOs) – clove oil (CO), thyme oil (TO), and garlic oil (GO), which are generally recognized as safe – on the planktonic growth, minimum inhibitory concentration (MIC), minimum bactericidal concentration (MBC), motility, biofilm formation, and quorum sensing (QS) of Vibrio parahaemolyticus was invest...

Salmonella is one of the main foodborne pathogens that affect humans and farm animals. The Salmonella genus comprises a group of food-transmitted pathogens which cause highly prevalent foodborne diseases throughout the world. The aim of this study was to appraise the viability of Salmonella Typhimurium biofilm under water treatment at room temperat...

The contamination of seafood with Vibrio species can have severe repercussions in the seafood industry. Vibrio species can form mature biofilms and persist on the surface of several seafoods such as crabs, oysters, mussels, and shrimp, for extended duration. Several conventional approaches have been employed to inhibit the growth of planktonic cell...

The present study investigated the effects of combined ultrasound (37 kHz, 380 W for 5 min) and peroxyacetic acid (PAA; 50-200 ppm) treatment on the reduction of Salmonella Typhimurium and Campylobacter jejuni on chicken skin. Ultrasound was not sufficient to inactivate S. Typhimurium (0.48 log CFU/g reduction) or C. jejuni (0.25 log CFU/g reductio...

Chicken breast meat is considered as the main source of Salmonella infection in humans. The aim of this study was to isolate lytic bacteriophages specific for Salmonella enterica serovars Enteritidis and examine their efficacy in a cocktail for the biocontrol of Salmonella spp. in raw chicken breast meat. Four lytic phages belonging to the Myovirid...

ABSTRACT: Now-a-days, the use of natural product has increased its popularity day by day all over the world. One of the most effective therapeutic medicinal plants is Bacopa monnieri. In the current study, the methanolic distillate of B. monnieri was designed for antidepressant in mice model. B. monnieri was evaluated for anti-depressant venture in...

Probiotic bacteria exert positive effects on human health. Among a wide range of health beneficial effects, the anti-allergic effect is an important one. One indication of allergic reaction is the increase in IgE level in our body. The mechanism initialized by probiotic bacteria leads to the decrease of IgE level that ultimately inhibits the allerg...

The objective of this study was to investigate the virulence factors, genetic relationship, antibiotic resistance profile and the biofilm formation ability of Vibrio parahaemolyticus isolates on shrimp and mussel surfaces at 30 • C. In this study, eight (n = 8) V. parahaemolyticus isolated from mussel were examined. We used the polymerase chain rea...

Food poisoning and foodborne diseases are a growing public health concern worldwide. Approximately 30 known and many unknown pathogens are the main culprits for these conditions. Biofilms are a heterogeneous living-form of pathogens and are considered a safe haven for their pathogenicity. In the field of food processing, the persistence of biofilms...

The effects of dual species interactions on biofilm formation by Aeromonas hydrophila in the presence of Pseudomonas aeruginosa, Pseudomonas fluorescens, Pectobacterium carotovorum, Salmonella Typhimurium, and Listeria monocytogenes were examined. High-performance liquid chromatography and liquid-chromatography-mass spectrometry were performed to i...

Background: In this study was tried to evaluate the in vitro antimicrobial, thrombolytic with cytotoxic activity and in vivo anti-diabetic and lipid lowering activity of different fraction of methanolic extract of Solanum melongena which is widely used in the folkloric treatment in Bangladesh. The aim of this study was to find out the fundamental m...

Aeromonas hydrophila is an emerging foodborne pathogen that causes infections more frequently in summer than in winter. This study evaluated the effects of temperature (4-37 °C) on the biofilm formation and quorum sensing abilities of A. hydrophila on microtiter plates, stainless steel (SS), and crab surfaces. The incubation of the bacterium in Lur...

Microbial biofilms pose a serious threat to food industry, as they are difficult to inactivate or remove owing to their inherent resistance to traditional physical and antimicrobial treatments. Bacteriophages have been suggested as promising biocontrol agents for eliminating biofilms within the food industry. The efficacy of phages (BP 1369 & BP 13...

Owing to their preservative and antimicrobial effects, essential oils (EOs) are promising natural ingredients for the food industry. The main objective of this study was to investigate the activity of thyme and tea tree oils against selected foodborne pathogens in biofilm mode. The major compounds of these EOs were analyzed by gas chromatography-ma...

Antibiotics are used in the prevention of different kinds of infectious diseases, but now-a-days, multidrug resistant strain of pathogenic bacteria is increasing due to the excess or misuse of antibiotics. These antibiotic resistant bacteria have become a great problem for the big population of Bangladesh. In this study, seven clinical samples were...

The purpose of this study was to evaluate the activity of a novel antimicrobial substance lauric arginate ester (LAE) against selected foodborne pathogens (Escherichia coli O157:H7, Listeria monocytogenes and Salmonella spp.) in biofilm. Minimal inhibitory concentration (MIC) and minimal bactericidal concentration (MBC) were determined and showed t...

This study investigated the synergistic effects of combined ultrasound (US;37 kHz, 380 W for 10-60 min) and peroxyacetic acid (PAA;50-200 ppm) on reducing Cronobacter sakazakii biofilms on cucumbers. US was not sufficient to eliminate C. sakazakii biofilms (0.04~0.60 logreduction), whereas PAA (200 ppm) significantly (p<0.05) reduced biofilm format...

Biofilm formation is a growing concern in the food industry. Escherichia coli O157:H7 is one of the most important foodborne pathogens that can persists in food and food-related environments and subsequently produce biofilms. The efficacy of bacteriophage BPECO 19 was evaluated against three E. coli O157:H7 strains in biofilms. Biofilms of the thre...

At present, pharmacovigilance (PV) study is one of a key way to improve and ensure drug safety and health care sectors in the whole world including Bangladesh. Both primary and secondary data were collected for this study from two different hospitals in Dhaka and rural eye hospital in different district of Bangladesh. Results show that among 500 ey...

At present, pharmacovigilance (PV) study is one of a key way to improve and ensure drug safety and health care sectors in the whole world including Bangladesh. Both primary and secondary data were collected for this study from two different hospitals in Dhaka and rural eye hospital in different district of Bangladesh. Results show that among 500 ey...

The recently emerged Middle East Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus (MERS-CoV) causing severe respiratory tract infection in humans is now considered as a pandemic threat worldwide. It is a novel class of coronavirus group which uses a number of unidentified pathways for replication using nonconforming factors and pathogenesis in selective animal spe...

Quorum sensing (QS) regulated bacterial biofilm formation can cause serious problems in clinical, industrial, food settings, which drives the development or screening of biofilm inhibitors. Some biofilm inhibitors have been screened from natural products or modified from natural compounds. We evaluated the potentiality of a green product, a popular...

Assessment of genetic diversity of rice (Oryza sativa L.) is an important tool for rice breeding and an essentialbcomponent in germplasm characterization and conservation. Phenotypic and genotypic evaluation for salinity tolerance was done at the seedling stage. Phenotyping was done in hydroponic system using salinized (EC 12 dS/m) nutrient solutio...

In Korea, there is steady consumption dried Alaska pollack (Theragra chalcogramma) throughout the year. Penicillium citrinum, Cladosporium cladosporioide and Eurotium spp. are re the primary spoilage molds of dried fishery food products. In the food industry, ultraviolet (UV) radiation has been commercially utilized for the disinfection of air, con...

Biofilms are matrix-enclosed microbial aggregates that adhere to a biological or nonbiological surface. Biofilm formation is a significant problem in the medical, food, and marine industries and can lead to substantial economic and health problems. The complex microbial community of a biofilm is highly resistant to antibiotics and sanitizers and co...

The aim of this study was to determine the effect of salinity and age of cultures on quorum sensing, exoprotease production, and biofilm formation by Aeromonas hydrophila on stainless steel (SS) and crab shell as substrates. Biofilm formation was assessed at various salinities, from fresh (0%) to saline water (3.0%). For young and old cultures, pla...

The aim of this study was to determine the effect of salinity and age of cultures on quorum sensing, exoprotease production, and biofilm formation by Aeromonas hydrophila on stainless steel (SS) and crab shell as substrates. Biofilm formation was assessed at various salinities, from fresh (0%) to saline water (3.0%). For young and old cultures, pla...

This study investigated the synergistic inactivation and disinfection effects of combined NaOCl and gamma-irradiation treatment against Vibrio parahaemolyticus and V. vulnificus, the main human pathogens of Vibrio, in fresh raw shucked oysters (Grassostrea gigas) and clams (Venerupis phillippinarum). The growth of V. parahaemolyticus and V. vulnifi...