Abstract:<p>The presence of biofilms on stainless steel surfaces in the dairy industry greatly limits the efficiency of the cleaning procedures. The matrix of extracellular polymeric substances produced by the embedded bacteria is largely responsible for this irreversible binding. Therefore, to detach the biofilm in its entirety from the surface for microbiological identification and physico-chemical characterization is limited with the classical methods commonly used for surface sampling such as swabbing… Show more
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