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Jeyaraman M, Eltzov E. Enhancing food safety: A low-cost biosensor for Bacillus licheniformis detection in food products. Talanta 2024; 276:126152. [PMID: 38718642 DOI: 10.1016/j.talanta.2024.126152] [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: 02/05/2024] [Revised: 04/21/2024] [Accepted: 04/24/2024] [Indexed: 06/14/2024]
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To enhance food safety, the need for swift and precise detection of B. licheniformis, a bacterium prevalent in various environments, including soil and food products, is paramount. This study presents an innovative and cost-effective bioassay designed to specifically identify the foodborne pathogen, B. licheniformis, utilizing a colorimetric signal approach. The biosensor, featuring a 3D-printed architecture, incorporates a casein-based liquid-proof gelatine film, selectively liquefying in response to the caseinolytic/proteolytic activity of external enzymes from the pathogen. As the sample liquefies, it progresses through a color layer, causing the migration of dye to an absorbent layer, resulting in a distinct positive signal. This bioassay exhibits exceptional sensitivity, detecting concentrations as low as 1 CFU/mL within a 9.3-h assay duration. Notably, this cost-efficient bioassay outperforms conventional methods in terms of efficacy and cost-effectiveness, offering a straightforward solution for promptly detecting B. licheniformis in food samples.
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- Mareeswaran Jeyaraman
- Institute of Postharvest and Food Science, Department of Postharvest Science, Volcani Center, Agricultural Research Organization, Rishon LeZion, 7505101, Israel; Agro-Nanotechnology and Advanced Materials Research Center, Volcani Institute, Agricultural Research Organization, Rishon LeZion, 7505101, Israel
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- Institute of Postharvest and Food Science, Department of Postharvest Science, Volcani Center, Agricultural Research Organization, Rishon LeZion, 7505101, Israel; Agro-Nanotechnology and Advanced Materials Research Center, Volcani Institute, Agricultural Research Organization, Rishon LeZion, 7505101, Israel.
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Microbial Properties of Raw Milk throughout the Year and Their Relationships to Quality Parameters. Foods 2022; 11:foods11193077. [PMID: 36230153 PMCID: PMC9563975 DOI: 10.3390/foods11193077] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/31/2022] [Revised: 09/26/2022] [Accepted: 10/01/2022] [Indexed: 01/16/2023] Open
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Raw milk microbiota is complex and influenced by many factors that facilitate the introduction of undesirable microorganisms. Milk microbiota is closely related to the safety and quality of dairy products, and it is therefore critical to characterize the variation in the microbial composition of raw milk. In this cross-sectional study, the variation in raw milk microbiota throughout the year (n = 142) from three farms in China was analyzed using 16S rRNA amplicon sequencing, including α and β diversity, microbial composition, and the relationship between microbiota and milk quality parameters. This aimed to characterize the contamination risk of raw milk throughout the year and the changes in quality parameters caused by contamination. Collection month had a significant effect on microbial composition; microbial diversity was higher in raw milk collected in May and June, while milk collected in October and December had the lowest microbial diversity. Microbiota composition differed significantly between milk collected in January−June, July−August, and September−December (p < 0.05). Bacterial communities represented in raw milk at the phylum level mainly included Proteobacteria, Firmicutes and Bacteroidota; Pseudomonas, Acinetobacter, Streptococcus and Lactobacillus were the most common genera. Redundancy analysis (RDA) found strong correlations between microbial distribution and titratable acidity (TA), fat, and protein. Many genera were significantly correlated with TA, for example Acinetobacter (R = 0.426), Enhydrobacter (R = 0.309), Chryseobacterium (R = 0.352), Lactobacillus (R = −0.326), norank_o__DTU014 (R = −0.697), norank_f__SC-I-84 (R = −0.678), and Subgroup_10 (R = −0.721). Additionally, norank_f__ Muribaculaceae was moderately negatively correlated with fat (R = −0.476) and protein (R = −0.513). These findings provide new information on the ecology of raw milk microbiota at the farm level and contribute to the understanding of the variation in raw milk microbiota in China.
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Dairy 4.0: Intelligent Communication Ecosystem for the Cattle Animal Welfare with Blockchain and IoT Enabled Technologies. APPLIED SCIENCES-BASEL 2022. [DOI: 10.3390/app12147316] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/10/2022]
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An intelligent ecosystem with real-time wireless technology is now playing a key role in meeting the sustainability requirements set by the United Nations. Dairy cattle are a major source of milk production all over the world. To meet the food demand of the growing population with maximum productivity, it is necessary for dairy farmers to adopt real-time monitoring technologies. In this study, we will be exploring and assimilating the limitless possibilities for technological interventions in dairy cattle to drastically improve their ecosystem. Intelligent systems for sensing, monitoring, and methods for analysis to be used in applications such as animal health monitoring, animal location tracking, milk quality, and supply chain, feed monitoring and safety, etc., have been discussed briefly. Furthermore, generalized architecture has been proposed that can be directly applied in the future for breakthroughs in research and development linked to data gathering and the processing of applications through edge devices, robots, drones, and blockchain for building intelligent ecosystems. In addition, the article discusses the possibilities and challenges of implementing previous techniques for different activities in dairy cattle. High computing power-based wearable devices, renewable energy harvesting, drone-based furious animal attack detection, and blockchain with IoT assisted systems for the milk supply chain are the vital recommendations addressed in this study for the effective implementation of the intelligent ecosystem in dairy cattle.
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Bwambok DK, Siraj N, Macchi S, Larm NE, Baker GA, Pérez RL, Ayala CE, Walgama C, Pollard D, Rodriguez JD, Banerjee S, Elzey B, Warner IM, Fakayode SO. QCM Sensor Arrays, Electroanalytical Techniques and NIR Spectroscopy Coupled to Multivariate Analysis for Quality Assessment of Food Products, Raw Materials, Ingredients and Foodborne Pathogen Detection: Challenges and Breakthroughs. SENSORS (BASEL, SWITZERLAND) 2020; 20:E6982. [PMID: 33297345 PMCID: PMC7730680 DOI: 10.3390/s20236982] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/17/2020] [Revised: 12/01/2020] [Accepted: 12/03/2020] [Indexed: 12/23/2022]
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Quality checks, assessments, and the assurance of food products, raw materials, and food ingredients is critically important to ensure the safeguard of foods of high quality for safety and public health. Nevertheless, quality checks, assessments, and the assurance of food products along distribution and supply chains is impacted by various challenges. For instance, the development of portable, sensitive, low-cost, and robust instrumentation that is capable of real-time, accurate, and sensitive analysis, quality checks, assessments, and the assurance of food products in the field and/or in the production line in a food manufacturing industry is a major technological and analytical challenge. Other significant challenges include analytical method development, method validation strategies, and the non-availability of reference materials and/or standards for emerging food contaminants. The simplicity, portability, non-invasive, non-destructive properties, and low-cost of NIR spectrometers, make them appealing and desirable instruments of choice for rapid quality checks, assessments and assurances of food products, raw materials, and ingredients. This review article surveys literature and examines current challenges and breakthroughs in quality checks and the assessment of a variety of food products, raw materials, and ingredients. Specifically, recent technological innovations and notable advances in quartz crystal microbalances (QCM), electroanalytical techniques, and near infrared (NIR) spectroscopic instrument development in the quality assessment of selected food products, and the analysis of food raw materials and ingredients for foodborne pathogen detection between January 2019 and July 2020 are highlighted. In addition, chemometric approaches and multivariate analyses of spectral data for NIR instrumental calibration and sample analyses for quality assessments and assurances of selected food products and electrochemical methods for foodborne pathogen detection are discussed. Moreover, this review provides insight into the future trajectory of innovative technological developments in QCM, electroanalytical techniques, NIR spectroscopy, and multivariate analyses relating to general applications for the quality assessment of food products.
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- David K. Bwambok
- Chemistry and Biochemistry, California State University San Marcos, 333 S. Twin Oaks Valley Rd, San Marcos, CA 92096, USA;
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Arkansas at Little Rock, 2801 S. University Ave, Little Rock, AR 72204, USA; (N.S.); (S.M.)
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Arkansas at Little Rock, 2801 S. University Ave, Little Rock, AR 72204, USA; (N.S.); (S.M.)
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Missouri, 601 S. College Avenue, Columbia, MO 65211, USA; (N.E.L.); (G.A.B.)
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Missouri, 601 S. College Avenue, Columbia, MO 65211, USA; (N.E.L.); (G.A.B.)
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- Department of Chemistry, Louisiana State University, 232 Choppin Hall, Baton Rouge, LA 70803, USA; (R.L.P.); (C.E.A.); (I.M.W.)
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- Department of Chemistry, Louisiana State University, 232 Choppin Hall, Baton Rouge, LA 70803, USA; (R.L.P.); (C.E.A.); (I.M.W.)
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- Department of Physical Sciences, University of Arkansas-Fort Smith, 5210 Grand Ave, Fort Smith, AR 72913, USA; (C.W.); (S.B.)
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- Department of Chemistry, Winston-Salem State University, 601 S. Martin Luther King Jr Dr, Winston-Salem, NC 27013, USA;
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- Division of Complex Drug Analysis, Center for Drug Evaluation and Research, US Food and Drug Administration, 645 S. Newstead Ave., St. Louis, MO 63110, USA;
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- Department of Physical Sciences, University of Arkansas-Fort Smith, 5210 Grand Ave, Fort Smith, AR 72913, USA; (C.W.); (S.B.)
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- Science, Engineering, and Technology Department, Howard Community College, 10901 Little Patuxent Pkwy, Columbia, MD 21044, USA;
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- Department of Chemistry, Louisiana State University, 232 Choppin Hall, Baton Rouge, LA 70803, USA; (R.L.P.); (C.E.A.); (I.M.W.)
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- Department of Physical Sciences, University of Arkansas-Fort Smith, 5210 Grand Ave, Fort Smith, AR 72913, USA; (C.W.); (S.B.)
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