Microbial contamination of embryos and semen during long term banking in liquid nitrogen |
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Authors: | Bielanski A Bergeron H Lau P C K Devenish J |
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Institution: | Canadian Food Inspection Agency, Animal Diseases Research Institute, Germplasm Centre of Expertise, Ottawa Laboratory-Fallowfield, K2H 8P9, Ottawa/Nepean, Ont., Canada. bielanskia@inspection.gc.ca |
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Abstract: | We report on microbial contamination of embryos and semen cryopreserved in sealed plastic straws and stored for 6-35 years in liquid nitrogen. There were 32 bacterial and 1 fungal species identified from randomly drawn liquid nitrogen, frozen semen, and embryos samples stored in 8 commercial and 8 research facility liquid nitrogen (LN) tanks. The identified bacteria represented commensal or environmental microorganisms and some, such as Escherichia coli, were potential or opportunistic pathogens for humans and animals. Stenotrophomonas maltophilia was the most common contaminant identified from the samples and was further shown to significantly suppress fertilization and embryonic development in vitro. Analysis of the strains by pulsed field gel electrophoresis revealed restriction patterns with no relatedness indicating that there was no apparent cross-contamination of S. maltophilia strains between the germplasm and liquid nitrogen samples. In addition, no transmission of bovine viral diarrhea virus (BVDV) and bovine herpesvirus-1 (BHV-1) from infected semen and embryos straws to clean germplasm stored in the same LN tanks or LN was detected. |
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Keywords: | Embryos Semen Liquid nitrogen Contamination Cryopreservation Stenotrophomonas maltophilia Fertilization BVDV BHV-1 |
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