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Siderakou D, Zilelidou E, Poimenidou S, Tsipra I, Ouranou E, Papadimitriou K, Skandamis P. Assessing the survival and sublethal injury kinetics of Listeria monocytogenes under different food processing-related stresses. Int J Food Microbiol 2021; 346:109159. [PMID: 33773356 DOI: 10.1016/j.ijfoodmicro.2021.109159] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/15/2020] [Revised: 02/04/2021] [Accepted: 03/06/2021] [Indexed: 12/22/2022]
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The foodborne pathogen L. monocytogenes can be present in food processing environments where it is exposed to various stressors. These antimicrobial factors, which aim to eliminate the pathogen, can induce sub-lethal injury to the bacterial cells. In the present study, we investigated the efficacy of different treatments (stresses) relevant to food processing and preservation as well as sanitation methods, in generating sub-lethal injury at 4 °C and 20 °C to two L. monocytogenes strains, ScottA and EGDe. Additionally, we evaluated the survival and extent of L. monocytogenes injury after exposure to commonly used disinfectants (peracetic acid and benzalkonium chloride), following habituation in nutrient-deprived, high-salinity medium. Each stress had a different impact on the survival and injury kinetics of L. monocytogenes. The highest injury levels were caused by peracetic acid which, at 4 °C, generated high populations of injured cells without loss of viability. Other injury-inducing stresses were lactic acid and heating. Long-term habituation in nutrient-limited and high salinity medium (4 °C) and subsequent exposure to disinfectants resulted in higher survival and injury in benzalkonium chloride and increased survival, yet with lower injury levels, in peracetic acid at 20 °C. Taken together, these results highlight the potential food safety risk emerging from the occurrence of injured cells by commonly used food processing methods. Consequently, in order to accurately assess the impact of an antimicrobial method, its potential of inducing sublethal injury needs to be considered along with lethality.
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- Danae Siderakou
- Laboratory of Food Quality Control and Hygiene, Department of Food Science and Human Nutrition, Agricultural University of Athens, Iera Odos 75, Athens 11855, Greece
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- Laboratory of Food Quality Control and Hygiene, Department of Food Science and Human Nutrition, Agricultural University of Athens, Iera Odos 75, Athens 11855, Greece
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- Laboratory of Food Quality Control and Hygiene, Department of Food Science and Human Nutrition, Agricultural University of Athens, Iera Odos 75, Athens 11855, Greece
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- Laboratory of Food Quality Control and Hygiene, Department of Food Science and Human Nutrition, Agricultural University of Athens, Iera Odos 75, Athens 11855, Greece
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- Laboratory of Food Quality Control and Hygiene, Department of Food Science and Human Nutrition, Agricultural University of Athens, Iera Odos 75, Athens 11855, Greece
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- Department of Food Science and Technology, University of Peloponnese, Antikalamos, 24100 Kalamata, Greece
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- Laboratory of Food Quality Control and Hygiene, Department of Food Science and Human Nutrition, Agricultural University of Athens, Iera Odos 75, Athens 11855, Greece.
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Izumi H, Inoue A. Viability of sublethally injured coliform bacteria on fresh-cut cabbage stored in high CO 2 atmospheres following rinsing with electrolyzed water. Int J Food Microbiol 2018; 266:207-212. [DOI: 10.1016/j.ijfoodmicro.2017.11.028] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/01/2017] [Revised: 11/29/2017] [Accepted: 11/30/2017] [Indexed: 11/17/2022]
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Bagheripoor N, Khoshgozaran-Abras S, Sohrabvandi S, Khorshidian N, Mortazavian AM, MollaKhalili N, Jazaeri S. Application of Active Edible Coatings to Improve the Shelf-life of Cheese. FOOD SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY RESEARCH 2018. [DOI: 10.3136/fstr.24.949] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/03/2022]
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- Niloofar Bagheripoor
- Student Research Committee, Department of Food Technology, National Nutrition and Food Technology Research Institute, Faculty of Nutrition Sciences and Food Technology, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences
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- Department of Food Technology Research, National Nutrition and Food Technology Research Institute, Faculty of Nutrition Sciences and Food Technology, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences
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- Food Safety Research Center (Salt), School of Nutrition and Food Sciences, Semnan University of Medical Sciences
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- Food Safety Research center, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences
- Department of Food Technology, National Nutrition and Food Technology Research Institute, Faculty of Nutrition Sciences and Food Technology, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences
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- Student Research Committee, Department of Food Technology, National Nutrition and Food Technology Research Institute, Faculty of Nutrition Sciences and Food Technology, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences
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- Department of Food Technology, National Nutrition and Food Technology Research Institute, Faculty of Nutrition Sciences and Food Technology, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences
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Jarvis NA, O'Bryan CA, Martin EM, Ricke SC, Johnson MG, Crandall PG. Further Evidence of How Unbuffered Starvation at 4°C Influences Listeria monocytogenes EGD-e, HCC23, F2365, and Scott A. J Food Prot 2017; 80:1749-1759. [PMID: 28922027 DOI: 10.4315/0362-028x.jfp-17-041] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/07/2023]
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The soilborne pathogen Listeria monocytogenes frequently contaminates food products and food processing environments and is able to survive desiccation, high osmotic pressures, and starvation. However, little is known about how this pathogen survives starvation at 4°C. This study provides evidence that L. monocytogenes is able to survive total nutrient starvation for 4 weeks. L. monocytogenes strains EGD-e, Scott A, F2365, and HCC23 were starved individually in sterile water. Colony counts declined over 4 weeks, with Scott A declining the most rapidly. Transmission electron microscopy images revealed degradation of starving cell membranes and altered cytosols. Starving cells were subjected to the metabolic inhibitors fluoride, arsenite, 2,4-dinitrophenol, iodoacetate, and cyanide individually. Iodoacetate, which inhibits glyceraldehyde-3-phosphate dehydrogenase, completely reduced cultivable counts below the level of detection compared with the control starving cells; 2,4-dinitrophenol, which dissipates proton motive force, almost completely reduced cultivable counts. These results suggest that L. monocytogenes strains EGD-e, Scott A, F2365, and HCC23 are actively using part of the glycolysis pathway while starving. These results suggest that starving L. monocytogenes cells retain aspects of active metabolism.
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- 2 Institute for Nanoscience and Engineering, University of Arkansas, Fayetteville, Arkansas 72704, USA
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- 1 Department of Food Science and Center for Food Safety and
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Combined effect of carvacrol and citral on the growth of Listeria monocytogenes and Listeria innocua and on the occurrence of damaged cells. Food Control 2015. [DOI: 10.1016/j.foodcont.2015.01.028] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/24/2022]
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Comparative study of the effects of citral on the growth and injury of Listeria innocua and Listeria monocytogenes cells. PLoS One 2015; 10:e0114026. [PMID: 25643164 PMCID: PMC4313941 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0114026] [Citation(s) in RCA: 39] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/16/2014] [Accepted: 11/04/2014] [Indexed: 11/19/2022] Open
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This study investigates the effect of citral on growth and on the occurrence of sublethal damage in Listeria innocua Serovar 6a (CECT 910) and Listeria monocytogenes Serovar 4b (CECT 4032) cells that were exposed to citral as a natural antimicrobial agent. Two initial inoculum concentrations were considered in this investigation: 102 and 106 cfu/mL. Citral exhibited antilisterial activity against L. innocua and L. monocytogenes, and the observed effects were dependent on the concentration of citral present in the culture medium (0, 0.150 and 0.250 μL/mL) (p ≤ 0.05). L. innocua had a shorter lag phase than L. monocytogenes, and the two species had nearly identical maximum specific growth rates. These results indicate that L. innocua could be used as surrogate for L. monocytogenes when testing the effects of this antimicrobial. Significant differences in the lag phase and growth rate were observed between the small and large inoculum concentration (p ≤ 0.05). Citral-treated L. innocua and L. monocytogenes that were recovered on selective medium (i.e., TSA-YE-SC) had a shorter lag phase and a higher maximum specific growth rate than cells that were recovered on non-selective medium (i.e., TSA-YE) (p ≤ 0.05). This result suggests that damage occurs at sublethal concentrations of citral.
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Silva-Angulo A, Zanini S, Rodrigo D, Rosenthal A, Martinez A. Growth kinetics of Listeria innocua and Listeria monocytogenes under exposure to carvacrol and the occurrence of sublethal damage. Food Control 2014. [DOI: 10.1016/j.foodcont.2013.09.050] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/26/2022]
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Enhanced inactivation of Escherichia coli and Listeria monocytogenes by exposure to 405nm light under sub-lethal temperature, salt and acid stress conditions. Int J Food Microbiol 2014; 170:91-8. [DOI: 10.1016/j.ijfoodmicro.2013.10.016] [Citation(s) in RCA: 39] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/17/2013] [Accepted: 10/24/2013] [Indexed: 01/31/2023]
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DYKES GARYA. IMAGE ANALYSIS OF COLONY SIZE FOR INVESTIGATING SUBLETHAL INJURY IN LISTERIA MONOCYTOGENES. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2011. [DOI: 10.1111/j.1745-4581.1999.tb00395.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/27/2022]
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Martins JT, Cerqueira MA, Souza BWS, Carmo Avides MD, Vicente AA. Shelf life extension of ricotta cheese using coatings of galactomannans from nonconventional sources incorporating nisin against Listeria monocytogenes. JOURNAL OF AGRICULTURAL AND FOOD CHEMISTRY 2010; 58:1884-1891. [PMID: 20085273 DOI: 10.1021/jf902774z] [Citation(s) in RCA: 76] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/28/2023]
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Shelf life extension of Ricotta cheese was evaluated at 4 degrees C upon the use of edible coatings made of galactomannans from Gleditsia triacanthos incorporating nisin against Listeria monocytogenes. Three different treatments were tested in cheese: samples without coating; samples with coating without nisin; and samples with coating containing 50 IU x g(-1) of nisin. To test the effectiveness of the treatments against L. monocytogenes, the surface of the cheese was inoculated with a suspension of the microorganism. Microbiological and physical-chemical analyses of the cheese samples were performed during 28 days. Results showed that the cheese coated with nisin-added galactomannan film was the treatment presenting the best results in terms of microbial growth delay (p < 0.05). The addition of nisin also affects (p < 0.05) the physical and mechanical properties of the films: O(2) permeability decreased from 1.84 to 1.35 x 10(-12) cm(3) x (Pa x s x m)(-1); CO(2) permeability increased from 1.96 to 6.31 x 10(-12) cm(3).(Pa x s x m)(-1); opacity increased from 3.68 to 4.59%; tensile strength ranged from 0.84 to 1.46 MPa; and elongation at break improved from 50.93 to 68.16%. These results demonstrate that novel galactomannan-based edible coatings, when combined with nisin, may provide consumer-friendly alternatives to reduce L. monocytogenes postcontamination on cheese products during storage.
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- Joana T Martins
- Institute for Biotechnology and Bioengineering, Centre of Biological Engineering, Universidade do Minho, Campus de Gualtar, 4710-057 Braga, Portugal
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Dykes GA, Mills J, Bell RG. The effect of chilled storage on Listeria monocytogenes cell surface hydrophobicity and attachment to beef muscle. Int J Food Sci Technol 2008. [DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2621.2001.00520.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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Jasson V, Uyttendaele M, Rajkovic A, Debevere J. Establishment of procedures provoking sub-lethal injury of Listeria monocytogenes, Campylobacter jejuni and Escherichia coli O157 to serve method performance testing. Int J Food Microbiol 2007; 118:241-9. [PMID: 17719670 DOI: 10.1016/j.ijfoodmicro.2007.07.016] [Citation(s) in RCA: 84] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/01/2006] [Revised: 05/11/2007] [Accepted: 07/22/2007] [Indexed: 12/27/2022]
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In this study procedures provoking sub-lethal injury for three different pathogens are described which may be used in determination of accuracy and robustness of methods, comparison studies and or validation of rapid detection methods. Three common food-borne pathogens were used, Listeria monocytogenes, Campylobacter jejuni and Escherichia coli O157. The pathogens were exposed to heat stress, cold stress, freeze stress, acid stress, oxidative stress and "food" stress. Sub-lethal injury was determined by plating in parallel on selective and non-selective media. The statistical significant differences in enumeration were established. The choice of stress to create sub-lethal injury to cells depended on the fact that the procedure must be easy to handle, repeatable and relevant for stress conditions in foods, but also on the micro-organism itself. Oxidative stress (1000 microM H(2)O(2)) was chosen to impose sub-lethal injury on L. monocytogenes and a specific "food" stress for E. coli O157. For C. jejuni a specific "food" stress as well as the oxidative stress (750 microM H(2)O(2)) were capable of creating a standardized procedure of provoking injury.
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- Vicky Jasson
- Laboratory of Food Microbiology and Food Preservation, Department of Food Safety and Food Quality, Faculty of Bioscience Engineering, Ghent University, Belgium
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Jacobsen T, Koch AG. Influence of different histories of the inoculum on lag phase and growth of Listeria monocytogenes in meat models. J Food Prot 2006; 69:532-41. [PMID: 16541682 DOI: 10.4315/0362-028x-69.3.532] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/11/2022]
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The aim of this study was to determine the effect of history of inoculum and preservatives on the lag phase and growth rate of Listeria monocytogenes strains in meat products packaged under modified atmosphere conditions. Inocula with different histories were added to meat models, and growth rate and lag phase of two strains of L. monocytogenes were measured at 5 and 10 degrees C. The meat model stored at 10 degrees C contained sodium lactate, but the model stored at 5 degrees C did not. The five different histories of the inocula included cold propagation, biofilm formation, and starvation. The lag phase ranged from 1 to 10 days and was affected by the history of the inoculum, whereas the growth rate was constant except for one combination of history of inoculum and strain, where growth did not start during the incubation period. In a second series of experiments, the growth rate and lag phase of the two Listeria strains and the effects of two different histories of inoculum were tested in meat models with pH 5.7 or 6.5 and increasing amounts of NaCl. The growth rate depended on salt concentration, bacterial strain, and pH, whereas lag phase duration depended on history of inoculum, salt concentration, and pH. The lag phase duration was highly dependent on the history of the inoculum, and higher amounts of preservative (NaCl) made these effects even more noticeable. The results of this study underline the importance of the effects of the history of the inoculum on lag phase duration and could be used to predict lag phase in industrial meat products.
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- Tomas Jacobsen
- Danish Meat Research Institute, DK-4000 Roskilde, Denmark.
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Wonderling LD, Bayles DO. Survival of Listeria monocytogenes strain H7762 and resistance to simulated gastric fluid following exposure to frankfurter exudate. J Food Prot 2004; 67:1170-6. [PMID: 15222545 DOI: 10.4315/0362-028x-67.6.1170] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/11/2022]
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Listeria monocytogenes strain H7762, a frankfurter isolate, was tested to determine whether it was able to survive at 4 degrees C in frankfurter pack fluid (exudate) and to determine whether food exposure affects its acid sensitivity. Cultures were sampled and tested for acid sensitivity by challenge with simulated gastric fluid (SGF). SGF challenges performed immediately after inoculation revealed that between 20 and 26% of the cells survived the full 30 min of SGF challenge regardless of whether the cells were inoculated into brain heart infusion broth (BHI) or exudate. After 2 days of incubation, cells exposed to both exudate and BHI had significantly decreased SGF resistance; however, the cells exposed to exudate were significantly more SGF resistant than cells exposed to BHI (after 15 min of SGF treatment, 33% of the exudate-exposed cells survived and 12% of the BHI-exposed cells survived). L. monocytogenes exposed to exudate had greater SGF resistance at all challenge times compared with BHI-exposed cells from day 2 through day 4. From days 8 to 15, exudate-exposed cells continued to have greater SGF resistance than BHI-exposed cells up to 10 min of SGF challenge but were as sensitive as the BHI-exposed cells at 20 to 30 min of challenge. By day 25, cells exposed to exudate were significantly more sensitive to SGF challenge than BHI-exposed cells. The survivor data generated from SGF challenges were modeled by a nonlinear regression analysis to calculate the underlying distribution of SGF resistance found in the challenged populations. These analyses indicated that L. monocytogenes exposed to exudate at 4 degrees C had a broader distribution of resistance to SGF compared with cells exposed to BHI at 4 degrees C. In addition, the mean time of death during SGF treatment was greater after exposure to exudate, indicating that cells exposed to exudate were more resistant to killing by SGF These data suggest that exposure to frankfurter exudate might render L. monocytogenes more able to survive the stomach environment during the initial stages of infection.
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- Laura D Wonderling
- Microbial Food Safety Research Unit, Eastern Regional Research Center, Agricultural Research Service, U.S. Department of Agriculture, 600 East Mermaid Lane, Wyndmoor, Pennsylvania 19038, USA
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Moorhead SM, Dykes GA. Influence of the sigB gene on the cold stress survival and subsequent recovery of two Listeria monocytogenes serotypes. Int J Food Microbiol 2004; 91:63-72. [PMID: 14967561 DOI: 10.1016/s0168-1605(03)00332-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 37] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/03/2003] [Revised: 05/16/2003] [Accepted: 06/06/2003] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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The influence of serotype and the role of the sigB gene of Listeria monocytogenes during the survival and recovery on different substrates were determined. Wild-type and sigB mutants of two serotypes of L. monocytogenes were inoculated into buffer and onto beef steaks, and incubated at 4 degrees C for 8 weeks during which samples were removed and Listeria numbers determined. Growth kinetics of stationary phase wild-type and sigB mutant cells were compared, without prechilling and after prechilling at 4 degrees C. The two serotypes had similar survival capabilities under the conditions examined, and the sigB gene was influential in survival of chill stress, but was dependent upon additional nutritional factors. Prechilling cells prior to growth extended the lag phase of both strains, and this lag phase extension was compounded by the absence of a functional sigB gene. In conclusion, the sigB gene is involved in the survival and recovery from chill stress by the two serotypes tested. Additional factors such as previous growth conditions, nutritional requirements and serotype susceptibility are also contributory. This study adds relevant information regarding the influence of the sigB gene, in conjunction with the historical growth conditions and serotype differences. Understanding the significance of these factors may be useful in creating improved recovery systems for the detection of L. monocytogenes from at-risk foods.
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- Sandra M Moorhead
- Food Safety Group, AgResearch Ltd., Ruakura MIRINZ Centre, East Street, Private Bag 3123, Hamilton, New Zealand.
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Helloin E, Bouttefroy A, Gay M, Phan Thanh L. Impact of preheating on the behavior of Listeria monocytogenes in a broth that mimics Camembert cheese composition. J Food Prot 2003; 66:265-71. [PMID: 12597487 DOI: 10.4315/0362-028x-66.2.265] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/11/2022]
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The effect of preheating on the survival of L. monocytogenes in Richard's broth, which mimics the composition of Camembert cheese composition, was examined. Experiments were carried out to reproduce contamination of cheese with environmental heat-stressed cells of L. monocytogenes surviving hot-cleaning procedures. Cells in mid-log phase were heated for 30 min at 56 degrees C before being inoculated into Richard's broth. The pHs and temperatures of Richard's broth were chosen to recreate the conditions of curd dripping (pH 5, 25 degrees C), of the beginning of cheese ripening (pH 5, 12 degrees C), and of the beginning (pH 5, 4 degrees C) and the end (pH 7, 4 degrees C) of cheese storage. Immediately after heat treatment, the viability loss was especially high for strain 306715, which exhibited only 0.6% +/- 0.2% survival, compared with 22% +/- 8.7% for strain EGD. The percentages of the surviving heated cells that were injured were 93% +/- 8% for strain 306715 and 98% +/- 3% for strain EGD. The destruction of the surviving L. monocytogenes cells was accelerated when they encountered the pH and temperature conditions of Camembert cheese during manufacturing, ripening, and cold storage (pH 5 at 25, 12, and 4 degrees C, respectively). The multiplication of the surviving heated cells was retarded under favorable growth conditions similar to those of storage by the distributor and the consumer (pH 7 at 4 and 12 degrees C, respectively).
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- E Helloin
- Association ASEPT, BP 2047, 53020 Laval cedex 9, France
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Janes M, Kooshesh S, Johnson M. Control of Listeria monocytogenes on the Surface of Refrigerated, Ready-to-eat Chicken Coated with Edible Zein Film Coatings Containing Nisin and/or Calcium Propionate. J Food Sci 2002. [DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2621.2002.tb08810.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 109] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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Amézquita A, Brashears MM. Competitive inhibition of Listeria monocytogenes in ready-to-eat meat products by lactic acid bacteria. J Food Prot 2002; 65:316-25. [PMID: 11848562 DOI: 10.4315/0362-028x-65.2.316] [Citation(s) in RCA: 89] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/11/2022]
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Forty-nine strains of lactic acid bacteria (LAB), isolated from commercially available ready-to-eat (RTE) meat products, were screened for their ability to inhibit the growth of Listeria monocytogenes at refrigeration (5 degrees C) temperatures on agar spot tests. The three most inhibitory strains were identified as Pediococcus acidilactici, Lactobacillus casei, and Lactobacillus paracasei by 16S rDNA sequence analysis. Their antilisterial activity was quantified in associative cultures in deMan Rogosa Sharpe (MRS) broth at 5 degrees C for 28 days, resulting in a pathogen reduction of 3.5 log10 cycles compared to its initial level. A combined culture of these strains was added to frankfurters and cooked ham coinoculated with L. monocytogenes, vacuum packaged, and stored at 5 degrees C for 28 days. Bacteriostatic activity was observed in cooked ham, whereas bactericidal activity was observed in frankfurters. Numbers of L. monocytogenes were 4.2 to 4.7 log10 and 2.6 log10 cycles lower than controls in frankfurters and cooked ham, respectively, after the 28-day refrigerated storage. In all cases, numbers of LAB increased by only 1 log10 cycle. The strain identified as P. acidilactici was possibly a bacteriocin producer, whereas the antilisterial activity of the other two strains was due to the production of organic acids. There was no significant difference (P > 0.05) in the antilisterial activity detected in frankfurters whether the LAB strains were used individually or as combined cultures. Further studies over a 56-day period indicated no impact on the quality of the product. This method represents a potential antilisterial intervention in RTE meats, because it inhibited the growth of the pathogen at refrigeration temperatures without causing sensory changes.
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- A Amézquita
- Department of Food Science and Technology, University of Nebraska, Lincoln 68583-0919, USA
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Dykes GA, Mills J, Bell RG. The effect of chilled storage on Listeria monocytogenes cell surface hydrophobicity and attachment to beef muscle. Int J Food Sci Technol 2001. [DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2621.2001.00520.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022]
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Dykes GA, Moorhead SM. The role of L-carnitine and glycine betaine in the survival and sub-lethal injury of non-growing Listeria monocytogenes cells during chilled storage. Lett Appl Microbiol 2001; 32:282-6. [PMID: 11298942 DOI: 10.1046/j.1472-765x.2001.00907.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022]
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AIMS To determine the role played by previous growth in the presence of osmolytes on the subsequent survival and sub-lethal injury of L. monocytogenes during long-term chilled storage in a model buffer system. METHODS AND RESULTS Four Listeria monocytogenes strains were grown separately to stationary phase in Listeria minimal medium (DM) alone or in DM with 4% NaCl alone, or both these media supplemented with 1 mM L-carnitine and/or 1 mM glycine betaine. Cells were resuspended in phosphate buffered saline (pH 5.5) and stored for four weeks at 4 degrees C. Initially, and at weekly intervals, samples were plated on both Tryptic Soy Agar and Tryptic Soy Agar with 4% NaCl to determine total numbers and degree of sub-lethal injury in the populations. The numbers of cells within all strains after growth to stationary phase, except one which increased ( approximately 2 log cfu ml-1, P < 0.05) in the presence of NaCl, were not influenced significantly by previous growth conditions (P > 0.05). During subsequent chilled storage, however, numbers of all strains grown in the presence of NaCl remained constant while those grown in its absence decreased. The rate and magnitude of the decrease in cell numbers was strain dependent. The initial percentage of sub-lethal injury increased significantly in all strains when grown previously in the presence of L-carnitine (P < 0.05). During subsequent chilled storage sub-lethal injury increased for all strains in a manner that was strain dependent, but not related to the previous growth conditions. CONCLUSION Previous growth in the presence of osmolytes of NaCl, but not osmolytes alone, increases the subsequent survival, but not percentage sub-lethal injury, of L. monocytogenes during subsequent chilled storage in buffer. SIGNIFICANCE AND IMPACT OF THE STUDY This study shows that risks associated with L. monocytogenes in chilled food may be influenced by the individual life histories of the cells.
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Thomas C, O'Beirne D. Evaluation of the impact of short-term temperature abuse on the microbiology and shelf life of a model ready-to-use vegetable combination product. Int J Food Microbiol 2000; 59:47-57. [PMID: 10946838 DOI: 10.1016/s0168-1605(00)00290-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/25/2022]
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The growth dynamics of indigenous aerobic mesophilic populations (AMP), lactic acid bacteria (LAB) and inoculated (Listeria spp.) microbial populations on cooked and fresh vegetable products, packaged as separate entities and in combination, subjected to temperature fluctuation, were assessed. Microbial proliferation was temperature and product dependent, being most pronounced at 12 degrees C in all products with maximum growth rates of 0.140, 0.175 and 0.126 log10 CFU/g per h being identified for Listeria, aerobic mesophilic and LAB populations, respectively. Listeria spp. and AMP generally demonstrated higher rates of growth within products containing cooked vegetables. Prolonged storage at 3 degrees C resulted in a reduced ability by AMP and Listeria spp. to proliferate upon exposure to growth temperatures; this was not the case with LAB populations. Comparison of Listeria population estimates made using selective (Oxford) and non-selective (nutrient agar) identified reduced recovery on the former. The magnitude of the deviation increased with the duration of exposure of Listeria populations to 3 degrees C with recoveries on selective systems being reduced by 6.3% immediately after inoculation and 82.3% after 168 h at 3 degrees C, respectively. Growth of populations associated with exposure to abuse temperatures was not accompanied by significant changes in product colour (P < 0.05).
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- C Thomas
- Food Science Research Centre, Department of Life Sciences, University of Limerick, Ireland.
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Dykes GA, Moorhead SM. Survival of osmotic and acid stress by Listeria monocytogenes strains of clinical or meat origin. Int J Food Microbiol 2000; 56:161-6. [PMID: 10857542 DOI: 10.1016/s0168-1605(99)00205-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 52] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/18/2022]
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The ability of 30 Listeria monocytogenes strains, 15 of meat origin and 15 of clinical origin, to use carnitine as an osmoprotectant and to resist acid stress was determined. All strains examined were able to use carnitine as an osmoprotectant, indicating the importance of this characteristic to the survival of L. monocytogenes in natural environments. Clinical and meat strains, however, differed with respect to this characteristic. Specifically, 73% of meat strains reached a lower maximum cell density in the presence of carnitine with osmotic stress than in its absence with no stress. Only 33% of clinical strains displayed the same feature whereas the remaining clinical strains reached a higher maximum cell density in the presence of carnitine with osmotic stress than in its absence with no stress. The physiological reasons and advantage of this difference are unclear. When exposed to conditions of severe acid stress (pH 2.5) for 2 h, only two L. monocytogenes strains (L66 and L78), both of meat origin, displayed significant reductions (P < 0.05) in number (3.51 and 2.79 log cfu, respectively). Acid-sensitive strains were not found among the clinical isolates examined, highlighting the importance of acid stress resistance in the infection process.
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- G A Dykes
- MIRINZ Food Technology & Research Ltd., Hamilton, New Zealand.
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Dykes GA. Physical and metabolic causes of sub-lethal damage in Listeria monocytogenes after long-term chilled storage at 4 degrees C. J Appl Microbiol 1999; 87:915-22. [PMID: 10664914 DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2672.1999.00947.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022]
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Cells of Listeria monocytogenes display sub-lethal injury when subjected to long-term chill-storage in a nutrient-poor environment. The physical and metabolic causes of sub-lethal injury to two meat (L61 and L62) and two clinical (L98 and L99) L. monocytogenes strains chill-stored (4 degrees C) for 4 weeks in phosphate-buffered saline at pH 7.0 and pH 5.5, and pH 5.5 in the presence of 0.3% potassium sorbate, were characterized. Causes of sub-lethal injury were determined by examining changes in the cell structure, leakage of nucleic acids and proteins from the cells, and cell recovery from injury in the presence of the metabolic inhibitors rifampicin, D-cycloserine, carbonyl cyanide m-chlorophenylhydrazone and chloramphenicol. Visible shrinkage of the cytoplasm and slight cell wall damage were apparent over the 4 week storage period by electron microscopy for all four strains and three storage conditions. By contrast, over the same storage period, only three of the strains (L62, L98 and L99) displayed slight leakage of cellular content in all three storage media, while one strain (L61) displayed greater leakage. The three strains also displayed similar storage media-dependent metabolic damage. For these strains, phosphate-buffered saline pH 5.5 caused the least damage and potassium sorbate, the most. Recovery experiments also indicated that at pH 5.5, the energy transduction system of these three strains remained undamaged, and that injury to the cell transcription machinery was greatest at pH 7.0. The fourth strain, L61, displayed less damage than the others but this was attributed to the death of the injured cell sub-population in this strain. In this study, damage to sub-lethally injured chill-stored L. monocytogenes was different from that caused by other agents, such as heat. Therefore, cells injured by chill-storage under starvation conditions may require novel protocols to assure their effective recovery.
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- G A Dykes
- MIRINZ Food Technology & Research Ltd, Hamilton, New Zealand.
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