阪崎肠杆菌的生物学特性及其检测技术

阪崎肠杆菌（Enterobacter sakazakii）是寄生于人和动物肠道的条件性肠道致病菌,能引起新生儿脑膜炎,致死性小肠结肠炎以及菌血症等,具有产生α-葡萄糖苷酶和吐温80脂酶、不发酵三梨醇以及无磷酸胺酶活性等生理生化特征,并且对干燥、渗透压和抗生素等有很强的抗性。该菌自然来源非常广泛,在水、土壤、植物根茎、动物肠道甚至加工食品都可存在,其中婴儿配方奶粉是婴儿感染阪崎肠杆菌的主要渠道。近年来基于α-葡萄糖苷酶反应的特异性生化检测和PCR扩增的分子检测技术已取得重要进展,但是目前还缺乏一种稳定检测该菌的分子分型检测技术。     

阪崎肠杆菌的抵抗力及其机制研究

阪崎肠杆菌属于肠杆菌科肠杆菌属,作为一种条件致病菌,能引起严重的新生儿脑膜炎、小肠结肠炎和菌血症,死亡率高。婴儿配方奶粉被认为是主要的污染来源和传播工具。本文以阪崎肠杆菌对高热、高渗透压、干燥等应激条件的抵抗力及其机制研究进展进行了综述。阪崎肠杆菌的抗热性并没有明显高于其它菌株,但似乎具有更高的抵抗干燥和渗透压的能力。该菌出现这样的抗性表型的机制尚不完全清楚,其机制研究更待深入。     

乳及乳制品中阪崎肠杆菌PCR-DHPLC检测新技术的建立

为了应用PCR结合变性高效液相色谱(DHPLC)技术建立食品中阪崎肠杆菌的快速检测方法,根据阪崎肠杆菌16S-23S rRNA特异基因序列的特点设计特异性引物,PCR扩增的产物经DHPLC技术进行快速检测.以阪崎肠杆菌等59株参考菌株做特异性试验;阪崎肠杆菌菌株稀释成不同梯度,做灵敏度试验,结果表明该方法具有很好的特异性,方法灵敏度较高,检测低限可达到为25 CFU/mL;该方法可以快速、准确检测阪崎肠杆菌,是食品中致病菌快速检测的新技术.     

阪崎肠杆菌研究进展

阪崎肠杆菌属肠杆菌科肠杆菌属,是人和动物肠道内寄生的一种革兰阴性无芽胞杆菌,属条件致病菌,能引起严重的新生儿脑膜炎、小肠结肠炎和菌血症,死亡率高达50%以上。阪崎肠杆菌耐酸、耐高温、耐干燥,对外界环境有较强的抵抗力。阪崎肠杆菌的微生物学检验方法,包括传统细菌学培养方法及各种基于聚合酶链反应（PCR）的分子生物学方法。     

阪崎肠杆菌标准品制备中冻干工艺的优化

本研究对阪崎肠杆菌(Enterobacter sakazakii)冻干工艺进行优化,旨在为E.sakazaki定性标准品和定量标准品的制备提供技术基础,同时为其他肠杆菌科标准品的制备工艺提供理论指导.实验结果表明:最佳冻干保护剂组合为海藻糖3%,脱脂奶粉8%,谷氨酸钠1.5%;最佳预冻温度和预冻时间分别为-20℃,4 ...     

阪崎肠杆菌显色培养基的应用研究

阪崎肠杆菌(Enterobacter sakazakii)是新近引起广泛关注的一种危险的条件致病菌, 主要存在于婴幼儿奶粉、婴幼儿补充食品中。由于目前日常使用的传统检验方法存在检测周期长等方面的不足之处, 本实验室研究设计出一种新的显色培养基(HKMCES), 通过与OXOID公司的同类产品(OXCES)比较, 分别应用于质控菌株、污染样品和实际样品的测试, 对这2种显色培养基的灵敏度、特异性、检测效果以及前增菌方法进行了初步评价。结果表明, 合适的增菌方法更有利于样品中阪崎肠杆菌的检出, 本实验室研制的显色培养基和OXOID公司的显色培养基均具有较好的选择性和特异性, 检测效果相当。这种新的显色培养基能使检测周期缩短, 具有较好的应用价值。     

食品中阪崎肠杆菌快速检测鉴定方法的研究

通过设计特异性的引物,采用SYBR Green I实时荧光PCR,经引物的优化筛选、特异性和重现性试验,以及模拟污染样品检验,建立了食品中阪崎肠杆菌的快速检测和鉴定方法。     

原儿茶酸对阪崎克罗诺肠杆菌的抑制作用

【背景】阪崎克罗诺肠杆菌是一种食源性条件致病菌,它能够引起新生儿、婴幼儿及免疫能力低下的成年人罹患多种疾病,致死率高达50%-80%。【目的】探究天然植物源物质原儿茶酸对阪崎克罗诺肠杆菌的抑制作用及可能的抑制机理。【方法】采用琼脂稀释法确定原儿茶酸对阪崎克罗诺肠杆菌的最小抑菌浓度,并检测其对阪崎克罗诺肠杆菌生长曲线的影响。为探究原儿茶酸对阪崎克罗诺肠杆菌细胞膜的损伤,实验测定了细菌胞内pH、膜电位、胞内ATP浓度、细胞膜完整性,并利用扫描电镜观测原儿茶酸对阪崎克罗诺肠杆菌细胞形态的改变。【结果】原儿茶酸对阪崎克罗诺肠杆菌的最小抑菌浓度为2.5-5.0 mg/mL,原儿茶酸降低了阪崎克罗诺肠杆菌的生长速率。原儿茶酸作用后阪崎克罗诺肠杆菌胞内pH降低,细胞膜电位发生超级化/去极化,胞内ATP浓度降低,细胞膜完整性降低,细胞形态发生变化,这说明原儿茶酸改变了细胞膜通透性。【结论】原儿茶酸对阪崎克罗诺肠杆菌具有良好的抑制效果,其可能的抑菌机理是影响细胞膜的通透性及细胞形态。综合考虑原儿茶酸的多种生物活性,它有潜力作为天然抑菌物质在婴幼儿乳粉等其他食品中开发使用。     

阪崎肠杆菌分类与致病机制

作为一种重要的食源性致病菌,阪崎肠杆菌因能引起新生婴幼儿脑膜炎、坏死性小肠结肠炎而受到了政府和社会的高度重视。2008年,阪崎肠杆菌被提议重新另立为隶属于肠杆菌科的一个包含有5个新种的新属——Cronobacter gen.Nov.。新属的五个种之间毒力作用存在差异,外膜蛋白A在黏附和抗吞噬过程中发挥了重要作用,同时本属菌株的侵入力在宿主细胞间的紧密联系被破坏时显著提高,但是一些肠道益生菌能抑制该菌侵入。目前阪崎肠杆菌的致病研究还比较分散,没有形成系统性,详细的致病机制期待进一步阐明。     

阪崎肠杆菌的生物学特性及其检测技术*

阪崎肠杆菌(Enterobactersakazakii)是寄生于人和动物肠道的条件性肠道致病菌,能引起新生儿脑膜炎,致死性小肠结肠炎以及菌血症等,具有产生α-葡萄糖苷酶和吐温80脂酶、不发酵三梨醇以及无磷酸胺酶活性等生理生化特征,并且对干燥、渗透压和抗生素等有很强的抗性。该菌自然来源非常广泛,在水、土壤、植物根茎、动物肠道甚至加工食品都可存在,其中婴儿配方奶粉是婴儿感染阪崎肠杆菌的主要渠道。近年来基于α-葡萄糖苷酶反应的特异性生化检测和PCR扩增的分子检测技术已取得重要进展,但是目前还缺乏一     

Towards a one-step Enterobacter sakazakii enrichment

Aims: The current international standard method for detection of Enterobacter sakazakii from milk products is by the International Organization for Standardization and the International Dairy Federation documented method, a procedure involving two-step enrichment. This study aimed to assess enrichment of E. sakazakii using a one-step enrichment. Methods and Results: Enrichment of four strains of E. sakazakii was compared using five different media, with stressed or unstressed cells, and at three levels of competing microflora, which were included to assess their effects on the positive isolation of E. sakazakii. Enrichment of milk powders, prepared by spray-drying milk seeded with E. sakazakii, was assessed using one-step enrichment for detection of E. sakazakii, followed by confirmation of positive isolates by real-time PCR. Conclusions: Current media are unsuitable for enrichment and detection of all E. sakazakii isolates, in particular, when high levels of background microflora are present in the sample matrix, and new defined media are needed for successful one-step enrichment. Significance and Impact of the Study: These findings provide further analysis of one-step enrichment processes for E. sakazakii in the presence of competing microflora, and show that further formulation is needed for a universal E. sakazakii enrichment medium, with careful selection of both nutrients and selective agents.     

Desiccation and heat tolerance of Enterobacter sakazakii

AIMS: Enterobacter sakazakii is an opportunistic pathogen which has been isolated at low levels from powdered infant formulas. This study was performed to demonstrate that Ent. sakazakii is not particularly thermotolerant, but can adapt to osmotic and dry stress. METHODS AND RESULTS: We determined the heat, osmotic and dry stress resistance of Ent. sakazakii. The D-value at 58 degrees C ranged from 0.39 to 0.60 min, which is comparable with that of other Enterobacteriaceae, but much lower than reported previously (Nazarowec-White and Farber 1997, Letters in Applied Microbiology 24: 9-13). However, stationary phase Ent. sakazakii cells were found to be more resistant to osmotic and dry stress than Escherichia coli, Salmonella and other strains of Enterobacteriaceae tested. Further analysis indicated that the dry resistance is most likely linked to accumulation of trehalose in the cells. CONCLUSIONS: The high tolerance to desiccation provides a competitive advantage for Ent. sakazakii in dry environments, as found in milk powder factories, and thereby increases the risk of postpasteurization contamination of the finished product. SIGNIFICANCE AND IMPACT OF THE STUDY: Understanding of the physiology and survival strategies of Ent. sakazakii is an important step in the efforts to eliminate this bacterium from the critical food production environments.     

Specific probiotic strains and their combinations counteract adhesion of Enterobacter sakazakii to intestinal mucus

Enterobacter sakazakii is an opportunistic pathogen and an occasional contaminant in powdered infant formula. Interaction between specific probiotics and E. sakazakii may reduce the risk of infection. The aim of this study was to characterize in vitro the ability of probiotics (alone and in combinations) to inhibit, compete with and displace the adhesion of E. sakazakii to immobilized human mucus and to assess their capacity to aggregate with pathogen. Specific probiotic strains have proved to aggregate E. sakazakii cells and, through competitive exclusion, inhibition and displacement of the adhered pathogen, were able to inhibit E. sakazakii action on intestinal mucus. The ability to inhibit and to displace adhered pathogen depended on both the probiotic and the pathogen, suggesting that several complementary mechanisms are involved in the processes. We suggest that the selection of specific probiotic strains and their combinations may be a useful means of counteracting E. sakazakii contamination in infant formula and thus to reduce the risk of emerging infection. This approach may also allow the development of new probiotic combinations to counteract the risks associated with other pathogens by improving the intestinal barrier against pathogens.     

坂崎肠杆菌DNA提取方法比较和增菌研究

利用坂崎肠杆菌对婴儿配方奶粉进行人工污染,增菌培养,在不同的增菌时间用FTA滤膜法[1]、热裂解法、试剂法、试剂盒法4种不同的方法提取坂崎肠杆菌DNA,进行PCR检测,检出限为分别为1.5、2.5、2.0、2.0 cfu/100 g;由于4种方法的灵敏度不同,所以4种方法能检测出该菌的增菌时间也不一样,实验结果显示FTA滤膜法、热裂解法、试剂法、试剂盒法分别增菌2、6、4、4 h后分别达到15、2.5×105、2.0×104、2.0×104cfu/mL能检出。     

Genetic characterization of thermal tolerance in Enterobacter sakazakii

Enterobacter sakazakii is an opportunistic pathogen that causes meningitis and necrotizing enterocolitis in neonates. Here we characterized the thermal tolerance of E. sakazakii isolates obtained from powdered infant formula and other food products in Japan. Isolates were categorized into three classes according to their thermal tolerance, and differential gene expression analysis showed that the heat-resistant clones expressed a higher level of infB (which encodes a translation initiation factor), than did the heat-sensitive isolates. Gene expression and DNA polymorphism analyses suggested that this gene target might be useful to unequivocally detect and identify heat-resistant clones, permitting epidemiological surveillance for this pathogen.     

阪崎肠杆菌核酸提取纯化方法分析比较

阪崎肠杆菌是一种食源性致病菌,目前越来越多的分子检测技术用于该菌的检测,以取代传统的检测技术。针对分子检测技术相应的核酸标准物质的研制势在必行。核酸的提取和纯化是核酸标准物质的研制过程中的重要环节之一,快速高效高质量,低毒低成本已成为核酸提取的重要目标。就现有方法进行分析比较,重点对常用的三种提取微生物基因组DNA的试剂盒进行了全方位比较,获得了阪崎肠杆菌较优的基因组DNA提取方法,并对提取的DNA进行PCR特异性扩增检测,获得较清晰的谱带。为阪崎肠杆菌核酸标准物质的研制奠定了基础。     

Resistance of Enterobacter sakazakii (Cronobacter spp.) to environmental stresses

Aim:  To gain a better understanding of the survival and persistence of Enterobacter sakazakii in severe environments.
Methods and Results:  We evaluated the resistance of Ent. sakazakii to various environmental stresses, including heating, drying, water activity ( a _w), and pH. The resistance of Ent. sakazakii to heat varies widely among strains. Most tested strains of Ent. sakazakii exhibited unusual resistance to dry stress, which depends on drying media. Growth of most strains occurred within 24 h at 37°C when the initial a _w of the medium was adjusted to 0·94 with sucrose or sodium chloride. The minimum pH for growth within 24 h at 37°C was 3·9 or 4·1 for most strains tested. Additionally, there did not appear to be any relationship between resistance to stresses and biofilm-forming ability in Ent. sakazakii planktonic cells.
Conclusions:  These results indicate that Ent. sakazakii is much more resistant than other Enterobacteriaceae to environmental stresses. Moreover, it is likely that Ent. sakazakii has cross-resistance to dry and thermal stresses.
Significance and Impact of the Study:  The findings of this study will contribute to an improved understanding of the survival and behaviour of Ent. sakazakii , which will lead to improved strategies for preventing outbreaks of Ent. sakazakii infection.     

益生菌拮抗阪崎肠杆菌的初步研究

目的研究鼠李糖乳杆菌和植物乳杆菌等8种常见益生菌对阪崎肠杆菌的拮抗作用。方法采用牛津杯法测定益生菌耗尽上清对阪崎肠杆菌的抑菌圈,获得对阪崎肠杆菌具有较强抑菌能力的鼠李糖乳杆菌和植物乳杆菌;采用混合培养法对2株益生菌与阪崎肠杆菌的拮抗竞争能力进行测试。结果 8种益生菌耗尽上清均能抑制阪崎肠杆菌,其抑菌能力具有热稳定性且依赖于酸性pH环境。阪崎肠杆菌(107CFU/mL)与鼠李糖乳杆菌(108CFU/mL或109CFU/mL)共孵育至24 h,其活菌量开始逐渐下降,至120 h孵育结束下降到105CFU/mL;菌量比为1:10的阪崎肠杆菌与植物乳杆菌共孵育至24 h,其活菌量开始逐渐下降,菌量比为1:100时则提前至8 h,至120 h孵育结束活菌量均下降到102CFU/mL。结论鼠李糖乳杆菌和植物乳杆菌均能有效地竞争拮抗阪崎肠杆菌。