Attachment of different Salmonella serovars to materials commonly used in a poultry processing plant

Abstract

Salmonella can adhere to poultry and food contact surfaces and persist to cause diseases. Adhesion of Salmonella Sofia (n\ua0=\ua014), S. Typhimurium (n\ua0=\ua06), S. Infantis (n\ua0=\ua03) and S. Virchow (n\ua0=\ua02) to Teflon, stainless steel, glass, rubber and polyurethane were assayed using epifluorescence microscopy. Surface free energies of bacteria and materials were calculated using contact angle values and interfacial free energy between isolates and materials determined. Surface roughness of the materials was analysed using atomic force microscopy. S. Sofia isolates adhered in higher numbers (P\ua