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Kim D, Kim M. Sensitive detection of viable Cronobacter sakazakii by bioluminescent reporter phage emitting stable signals with truncated holin. Food Res Int 2023; 174:113665. [PMID: 37981373 DOI: 10.1016/j.foodres.2023.113665] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/28/2023] [Revised: 10/30/2023] [Accepted: 11/03/2023] [Indexed: 11/21/2023]
Abstract
As outbreaks of foodborne illness caused by the opportunistic pathogen Cronobacter sakazakii (Cs) continue to occur, particularly in infants consuming powdered infant formula (PIF), the need for sensitive, rapid, and easy-to-use detection of Cs from food and food processing environments is increasing. Here, we developed bioluminescent reporter bacteriophages for viable Cs-specific, substrate-free, rapid detection by introducing luciferase and its corresponding substrate-providing enzyme complex into the virulent phage ΦC01. Although the reporter phage ΦC01_lux, constructed by replacing non-essential genes for phage infectivity with a luxCDABE reporter operon, produced bioluminescence upon Cs infection, the emitted signal was quickly decayed due to the superior bacteriolytic activity of ΦC01. By truncating the membrane pore-forming protein holin and thus limiting its function, the bacterial lysis was delayed and the resultant engineered reporter phage ΦC01_lux_Δhol could produce a more stable and reliable bioluminescent signal. Accordingly, ΦC01_lux_Δhol was able to detect at least an average of 2 CFU/ml of Cs artificially contaminated PIF and Sunsik and food contact surface models within a total of 7 h of assays, including 5 h of pre-enrichment for Cs amplification. The sensitive, easy-to-use, and specific detection of live Cs with the developed reporter phage could be applied as a novel complementary tool for monitoring Cs in food and food-related environments for food safety and public health.
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- Doyeon Kim
- Laboratory of Molecular Food Microbiology, Department of Food and Nutrition, Brain Korea 21 FOUR, College of Human Ecology, Yonsei University, Seoul 03722, Republic of Korea
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- Laboratory of Molecular Food Microbiology, Department of Food and Nutrition, Brain Korea 21 FOUR, College of Human Ecology, Yonsei University, Seoul 03722, Republic of Korea.
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Labchip-based diagnosis system for on-site application: Sensitive and easy-to-implement detection of single recoverable Cronobacter in infant formula without post-enrichment treatment. Int J Food Microbiol 2020; 327:108659. [PMID: 32413591 DOI: 10.1016/j.ijfoodmicro.2020.108659] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/03/2020] [Revised: 05/06/2020] [Accepted: 05/07/2020] [Indexed: 11/20/2022]
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Microfluidic labchips have achieved much advancement in the molecular diagnosis of foodborne pathogens. Whereas difficulties in the flow control during the transportation of liquid fluids can occur and should be overcome. Manipulations of reaction temperature and the complex procedures from sample pre-treatment to analysis in a single chip device are major obstacles for the on-site application. Thus, the efficient temperature control of samples without any flow of reaction fluids in microfluidic channels of plastic chip and the simplest protocol omitting post-enrichment processing steps may overcome these limitations represented by the stability and the complexity, respectively. This study aims to develop a novel type of labchip and thermocycler specialized for the gene amplification in microfluidic channels and to evaluate the detectability by sensing the minimum recoverable level of Cronobacter in powdered infant formula (PIF). We developed a thermocycling device accelerating reactions through dual heating-blocks optimized to control temperatures of samples in microfluidic-channels by direct contact with labchip sequentially and repetitively. The structural design of microfluidic channels was to eliminate interference factors associated with the optical detection of fluorescent signals (without distortion due to air bubbles in the reaction chamber). To improve the applicability, a portable device and simplified operation to allow direct loading of samples in the chip without post-enrichment procedures were also adopted. Detection performance was evaluated by a sensitivity/specificity tests using 50 isolates of Cronobacter. Cross-reactivity tests for non-Cronobacter organisms and gDNA [human, raw materials of PIF (cow, soybean)] showed that there was no interference-factor causing false-positive results. In terms of the applied research conducted by using PIF, the enrichment of samples without broth medium (distilled water) displayed outstanding performance and 12 h of incubation facilitated detecting target at concentration as low as 1 CFU/300 g PIF (as initial contamination level) without post-enrichment treatment. Validation of the operation conditions using 30 commercial PIF products was also consistent. The present study presents a novel approach of microfluidic technology with perspective to not only the performance and the practicability [easy-to-implement protocol, portable materials, cost-effectiveness (the use of a miniaturized plastic chip requires a minimum level of materials)] for on-site diagnosis.
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AKSU F, ALTUNATMAZ SSANDIKÇI, ISSA G, AKSOY A, AKSU H. Prevalence of Cronobacter spp. in various foodstuffs and identification by multiplex PCR. FOOD SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY 2019. [DOI: 10.1590/fst.06818] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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Hu S, Yu Y, Wu X, Xia X, Xiao X, Wu H. Simultaneous detection and identification of pathogenic Cronobacter
species by high-resolution melting analysis in powdered infant formulas. INT J DAIRY TECHNOL 2017. [DOI: 10.1111/1471-0307.12410] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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- Shuangfang Hu
- School of Food Science and Engineering; South China University of Technology; Guangzhou Guangdong 510640 China
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- School of Food Science and Engineering; South China University of Technology; Guangzhou Guangdong 510640 China
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- Department of Microbiology; Guangzhou Center for Disease Control and Prevention; Qide Road No. 2 Guangzhou Guangdong 510440 China
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- College of Food Science and Technology; Guangdong Ocean University; Zhanjiang Guangdong 524088 China
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- School of Food Science and Engineering; South China University of Technology; Guangzhou Guangdong 510640 China
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- School of Food Science and Engineering; South China University of Technology; Guangzhou Guangdong 510640 China
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Li X, Cui J, Du X, Cui Z, Huang Y, Kan B. Duplex Real-Time PCR Method for the Differentiation of Cronobacter sakazakii and Cronobacter malonaticus. J Food Prot 2017; 80:50-56. [PMID: 28221877 DOI: 10.4315/0362-028x.jfp-16-171] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/11/2022]
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Cronobacter sakazakii and Cronobacter malonaticus are the most common species of Cronobacter , so it is necessary to detect the two species as soon as possible in surveillance programs. We developed a real-time PCR method for identifying C. sakazakii and C. malonaticus from the genus Cronobacter . In this study, the two pairs of primers and probes were designed, targeting 16S rRNA and fusA, respectively. The specificity of the real-time PCR assay was validated with 112 strains of Cronobacter , including 56 C. sakazakii , 32 C. malonaticus , 16 Cronobacter dublinensis , 6 Cronobacter turicensis , and 2 Cronobacter muytjensii . The results showed that C. sakazakii and C. malonaticus were all correctly identified, consistent with the results of another method by analyzing the clustering of the fusA sequence. The detection limit for pure culture was 102 CFU/ml and 103 CFU/g for artificially contaminated rehydrated powdered infant formula. Therefore, the developed real-time PCR was a rapid, sensitive, and reliable method for the identification of C. sakazakii and C. malonaticus .
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- Xiaofang Li
- National Institute for Communicable Disease Control and Prevention and State Key Laboratory for Infectious Disease Prevention and Control, Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Beijing 102206, People's Republic of China.,Key Laboratory for Molecular Enzymology and Engineering of the Ministry of Education and School of Life Sciences, Jilin University, Changchun 130012, People's Republic of China
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- National Institute for Communicable Disease Control and Prevention and State Key Laboratory for Infectious Disease Prevention and Control, Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Beijing 102206, People's Republic of China
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- National Institute for Communicable Disease Control and Prevention and State Key Laboratory for Infectious Disease Prevention and Control, Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Beijing 102206, People's Republic of China
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- National Institute for Communicable Disease Control and Prevention and State Key Laboratory for Infectious Disease Prevention and Control, Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Beijing 102206, People's Republic of China
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- Key Laboratory for Molecular Enzymology and Engineering of the Ministry of Education and School of Life Sciences, Jilin University, Changchun 130012, People's Republic of China
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- National Institute for Communicable Disease Control and Prevention and State Key Laboratory for Infectious Disease Prevention and Control, Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Beijing 102206, People's Republic of China
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Zhou B, Chen B, Wu X, Li F, Yu P, Aguilar ZP, Wei H, Xu H. A new application of a sodium deoxycholate-propidium monoazide-quantitative PCR assay for rapid and sensitive detection of viable Cronobacter sakazakii in powdered infant formula. J Dairy Sci 2016; 99:9550-9559. [DOI: 10.3168/jds.2016-11538] [Citation(s) in RCA: 24] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/31/2016] [Accepted: 08/26/2016] [Indexed: 01/26/2023]
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AKSU F, SANDIKÇI ALTUNATMAZ S, ISSA G, ÖZMEN TOGAY S, AKSU H. Prevalence and identification by multiplex polymerase chain reaction patterns of Cronobacter spp. isolated from plant-based foods. FOOD SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY 2016. [DOI: 10.1590/1678-457x.16916] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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Chen W, Yang J, You C, Liu Z. Diversity of Cronobacter spp. isolates from the vegetables in the middle-east coastline of China. World J Microbiol Biotechnol 2016; 32:90. [PMID: 27116956 DOI: 10.1007/s11274-016-2033-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/16/2015] [Accepted: 02/14/2016] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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Cronobacter spp. has caused life-threatening neonatal infections mainly resulted from consumption of contaminated powdered infant formula. A total of 102 vegetable samples from retail markets were evaluated for the presence of Cronobacter spp. Thirty-five presumptive Cronobacter isolates were isolated and identified using API 20E and 16S rDNA sequencing analyses. All isolates and type strains were characterized using enterobacterial repetitive intergenic consensus sequence PCR (ERIC-PCR), and genetic profiles of cluster analysis from this molecular typing test clearly showed that there were differences among isolates from different vegetables. A polymerase chain reaction restriction fragment length polymorphism (PCR-RFLP) based on the amplification of the gyrB gene (1258 bp) was developed to differentiate among Cronobacter species. A new PCR-RFLP assay based on the amplification of the gyrB gene using Alu I and Hinf I endonuclease combination is established and it has been confirmed an accurate and rapid subtyping method to differentiate Cronobacter species. Sequence analysis of the gyrB gene was proven to be suitable for the phylogenetic analysis of the Cronobacter strains, which has much better resolution based on SNPs in the identification of Cronobacter species specificity than PCR-RFLP and ERIC-PCR. Our study further confirmed that vegetables are one of the most common habitats or sources of Cronobacter spp. contamination in the middle-east coastline of China.
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- Wanyi Chen
- State Key Laboratory of Dairy Biotechnology, Shanghai Engineering Research Center of Dairy Biotechnology, Dairy Research Institute, Bright Dairy and Food Co., Ltd., Synergetic Innovation Center of Food Safety and Nutrition, 1518 West Jiangchang Rd., Shanghai, 200436, China
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- Shanghai Entry-Exit Inspection and Quarantine Bureau, 1208 Minsheng Rd., Shanghai, 200135, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Dairy Biotechnology, Shanghai Engineering Research Center of Dairy Biotechnology, Dairy Research Institute, Bright Dairy and Food Co., Ltd., Synergetic Innovation Center of Food Safety and Nutrition, 1518 West Jiangchang Rd., Shanghai, 200436, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Dairy Biotechnology, Shanghai Engineering Research Center of Dairy Biotechnology, Dairy Research Institute, Bright Dairy and Food Co., Ltd., Synergetic Innovation Center of Food Safety and Nutrition, 1518 West Jiangchang Rd., Shanghai, 200436, China.
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Chen W, Yu S, Ren J, Shi C, Hang F, Guo B. Development of a PCR Assay for Rapid Detection of C
ronobacter sakazakii
from Powdered Infant Formula Using a Target Sequence Identified by Comparative Genomic Analysis. J Food Saf 2015. [DOI: 10.1111/jfs.12185] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/23/2022]
Affiliation(s)
- Wanyi Chen
- State Key Laboratory of Dairy Biotechnology; Technology Center of Bright Dairy & Food Co., Ltd.; 1518 West Jiangchang Rd Shanghai 200436 China
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- School of Resources and Environment; Jiangxi University of Science and Technology; Ganzhou Jiangxi China
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- State Key Laboratory of Dairy Biotechnology; Technology Center of Bright Dairy & Food Co., Ltd.; 1518 West Jiangchang Rd Shanghai 200436 China
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- MOST-USDA Joint Research Center for Food Safety; School of Agriculture & Biology; State Key Lab of Microbial Metabolism; Shanghai Jiao Tong University; Shanghai China
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- State Key Laboratory of Dairy Biotechnology; Technology Center of Bright Dairy & Food Co., Ltd.; 1518 West Jiangchang Rd Shanghai 200436 China
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- State Key Laboratory of Dairy Biotechnology; Technology Center of Bright Dairy & Food Co., Ltd.; 1518 West Jiangchang Rd Shanghai 200436 China
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