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This study explores the efficacy of prospect molecules for counteracting bacterial mechanisms leading to biofilm formation. The compounds included the phytomolecule tomatidine, zinc chloride (ZnCl<jats:sub>2<\/jats:sub>), ethylenediaminetetraacetic acid (EDTA), and a more complexed mixture of bacterial compounds from coagulase-negative staphylococci (CNS exoproducts). Significant inhibition of <jats:italic>L. monocytogenes<\/jats:italic> biofilm formation was evidenced using a microfluidic system and confocal microscopic analyses (<jats:italic>p<\/jats:italic> &amp;lt; 0.001). Active molecules were effective at an early stage of biofilm development (\u226550% of inhibition) but failed to disperse mature biofilms of <jats:italic>L. monocytogenes<\/jats:italic>. According to our findings, prevention of surface attachment was associated with a disruption of bacterial motility. Indeed, agar cell motility assays demonstrated the effectiveness of these molecules. 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