Accelerated Procedure for Salmonella Detection in Dried Foods and Feeds Involving Only Broth Cultures and Serological Reactions

A procedure has been developed in which Salmonella can be detected in dried foods and feeds within 50 hr. This includes preenrichment (18 hr), selective enrichment (24 hr), elective enrichment (6 to 8 hr), and serological testing (2 hr). The procedure is as sensitive as the more time-consuming, traditional (plating, biochemical, and serological) procedure which may require at least 4 to 5 days. The new procedure is rapid and accurate in comparison to traditional procedures. Moreover, it is simple and inexpensive to perform. As described, the procedure does not necessitate the isolation of pure cultures, but this step is performed easily if desired.     

肠杆菌科细菌碳青霉烯酶基因的检测

目的了解余姚地区耐碳青霉烯类药物肠杆菌科细菌的耐药情况和碳青霉烯酶耐药基因类型。方法收集2014年3月至12月耐亚胺培南和厄他培南的肠杆菌科细菌18株,进行Hodge试验确认。对于阳性试验菌株采用PCR法检测bla_(KPC)、bla_(NDM-1)、bla_(MH)、bla_(GES)、bla_(SME)、bla_(NmcA)和bla_(SHV-38)七种基因。结果 18株耐碳青霉烯类肠杆菌科细菌经改良Hodge试验确认阳性11株,占61.1%。经PCR检测显示11株均携带有bla_(KPC)基因,其中肺炎克雷伯菌6株,大肠埃希菌3株,阴沟肠杆菌2株。结论余姚地区耐碳青霉烯类药物肠杆菌科细菌的耐药机制主要是bla_(KPC)型碳青霉烯酶。     

肠杆菌科细菌碳青霉烯酶基因的检测

摘要：目的 了解余姚地区耐碳青霉烯类药物肠杆菌科细菌的耐药情况和碳青霉烯酶耐药基因类型。方法 收集2014年3月至12月耐亚胺培南和厄他培南的肠杆菌科细菌18株,进行Hodge试验确认。对于阳性试验菌株采用PCR法检测blaKPC、blaNDM-1、blaMH、blaGES、blaSME、blaNmcA和blaSHV-387种基因。结果 18株耐碳青霉烯类肠杆菌科细菌经改良Hodge试验确认阳性11株,占61.1%。经PCR检测显示11株均携带有blaKPC基因,其中肺炎克雷伯菌6株,大肠埃希菌3株,阴沟肠杆菌2株。结论 余姚地区耐碳青霉烯类药物肠杆菌科细菌的耐药机制主要是blaKPC型碳青霉烯酶。     

A Rapid, Presumptive Procedure for the Detection of Salmonella in Foods and Food Ingredients

A rapid detection procedure was developed in which a lysine-iron-cystine-neutral red (LICNR) broth medium, originally described by Hargrove et al. in 1971, was modified and used to detect the presence of viable Salmonella organisms in a variety of foods, food ingredients, and feed materials by using a two-step enrichment technique. Tetrathionate broth was used to enrich samples with incubation at 41 C for 20 hr, followed by transfer to LICNR broth and incubation at 37 C for 24 hr for further enrichment and for the detection of Salmonella organisms by color change. One hundred ten samples representing 18 different sample types were evaluated for the presence of viable Salmonella. Ninety-four percent of the samples found to be presumptive positive by this method were confirmed as positive by a culture method. Fluorescent-antibody results also compared closely. A second study was conducted under quality-control laboratory conditions by using procedures currently employed for Salmonella detection. One hundred forty-three samples representing 19 different sample types were evaluated for the presence of viable Salmonella. No false negatives were observed with the rapid-detection method. The usefulness of the LICNR broth procedure as a screening technique to eliminate negative samples rapidly and to identify presumptive positive samples for the presence of viable Salmonella organisms was established in this laboratory.     

One-Day Fluorescent-Antibody Procedure for Detecting Salmonellae in Frozen and Dried Foods

The indirect fluorescent-antibody technique was used to examine 422 food samples for the presence of salmonellae. A cultural phase involving a 16-hr preenrichment in buffered nutrient broth-milk medium followed by a 4- to 5-hr subculture into fresh medium of the same composition was evaluated. This procedure yielded a sufficient population of salmonellae so that no false-negative results were obtained. Of the 31 false-positives obtained, 12 samples yielded positive cultural results upon extensive subculture of the original enrichment broths. Yeast cells and both vegetative and spore forms of bacilli were observed to fluoresce when stained with anti-Salmonella serum. Efforts to ascertain the cause of these cross-reactions and several alternate explanations are discussed.     

The Examination of Foods for Enterobacteriaceae using a Test of the Type Generally Adopted for the Detection of Salmonellae

S ummary : In countries that have recently increased their bacteriological inspection of foods, many products have shown considerable improvement in microbiological quality; simultaneously, however, discrepancies between salmonella and coli-aerogenes tests, especially on dehydrated and frozen foods, have tended to become more frequent. These discrepancies have been eliminated by applying the following measures: incorporating glucose in culture media so as to reveal all Enterobacteriaceae; placing reliance on growth rather than gas formation so as to avoid missing anaerogenic organisms, and, especially, examining quantities of foods commensurate with those used in salmonella tests.
For this purpose a procedure is recommended in which 10 g of well homogenized food are enriched in 100 ml of buffered brilliant green-bile-glucose broth, with no attention being paid to gas formation; the enrichment cultures are then streaked on to MacConkey's glucose agar. Single colonies so obtained are tested for fermentative attack on glucose and may be further examined for other characteristics. The same enrichment fluid can be used for the so-called 'nonselective pre-enrichment' of samples of food containing salmonellae impaired by periods spent in conditions of low water activity, low pH, etc.     

Detection of pathogenic Enterobacteriaceae in seawater]

As a result of investigations carried out in the littoral sea waters (a total of 114 sea water samples were analyzed) there were isolated 226 strains of salmonellae referred to 9 serological types, this constituting 35% of the positive samples. As revealed, salmonella distribution in sea water depended on the site of outflow of sewage, and also on the unfavourable influence of rivers inflowing to the littoral part of the sea.     

Rapid Test for Lysine Decarboxylase Activity in Enterobacteriaceae

A 4-h lysine decarboxylase test was performed on 241 clinical isolates of Enterobacteriaceae. There was 100% agreement between the rapid-test and reference methods.     

Detection of Staphylococcal Enterotoxin in Foods

A short procedure for the extraction of staphylococcal enterotoxins from food materials has been developed. The procedure involves extraction of the food at pH 4.5, centrifugation, extraction of the supernatant with CHCl(3) (pH 7.5), extraction of the enterotoxin from the water layer with CG-50 ion exchange resin (pH 5.4 to 5.9), and treatment of the eluate with agar and concentration with Carbowax 20-M. The concentrate was extracted with CHCl(3), and the water layer was lyophilized. The dried material was dissolved in a 1% trypsin solution and placed on microslides, which were incubated 24 h at 37 C. The time required for enterotoxin analysis was 3 days with microslides and 1 day with the reversed passive hemagglutination technique.     

高灵敏荧光探针用于肿瘤 Ramos 细胞的快速检测

本文以聚苯乙烯纳米微球为载体,基于适体特异性识别和 DNA 杂交原理,组装了一种 DNA-CdTe 量子点纳米线,制备了具有较高荧光强度的复合型荧光探针,并成功用于 Ramos 细胞的荧光成像。该探针可以用于特异性识别肿瘤细胞,在荧光成像中信号强灵敏度高,为肿瘤细胞的检测提供一种新方法。     

The Occurrence of Bacillus cereus in some Dried Foods Including Pulses and Cereals

In a survey of 39 dried food samples which represented 12 different pulses and cereals. 22 (56%) were found to be contaminated with Bacillus cereus. The numbers varied between 1 times 102 and 6 times 10⁴ organisms/g. During normal cooking procedures and on storage at room temperature, the B. cereus resident on red lentils and kidney beans increased to a level at which enterotoxin production could become significant. Some physiological characteristics including deoxyribonuc-lease (DNase) and ribonuclease (RNase) secretion and salicin fermentation did not correlate with the ability or otherwise of a strain to cause food poisoning. Nevertheless, serotype 8 strains were prevalent on these foods and these have been implicated in both the diarrhoeal and vomiting-type food poisoning syndromes.     

Mathematical-Ecological Aspects of the Examination for Enterobacteriaceae of Foods Processed for Safety

S ummary : When the minimum proportion of Enterobacteriaceae to salmonellae in dried foods processed for safety is of the order of 10³, as the authors' surveys show them to be, testing 1 or 2 × 1 g aliquots for Enterobacteriaceae and allowing no positives confers the same degree of consumers' protection as examining 60 × 25 g amounts directly for salmonellae and accepting the consignment only when no positives are detected.     

Rapid and Sensitive Enumeration of Viable Diluted Cells of Members of the Family Enterobacteriaceae in Freshwater and Drinking Water

Water quality assessment involves the specific, sensitive, and rapid detection of bacterial indicators and pathogens in water samples, including viable but nonculturable (VBNC) cells. This work evaluates the specificity and sensitivity of a new method which combines a fluorescent in situ hybridization (FISH) approach with a physiological assay (direct viable count [DVC]) for the direct enumeration, at the single-cell level, of highly diluted viable cells of members of the family Enterobacteriaceae in freshwater and drinking water after membrane filtration. The approach (DVC-FISH) uses a new direct detection device, the laser scanning cytometer (Scan RDI). Combining the DVC-FISH method on a membrane with Scan RDI detection makes it possible to detect as few as one targeted cell in approximately 10⁸ nontargeted cells spread over the membrane. The ability of this new approach to detect and enumerate VBNC enterobacterial cells in freshwater and drinking water distribution systems was investigated and is discussed.     

快速准确监测奶牛体细胞数的方法

实验通过荧光染色的方法,运用荧光显微术对3个取样点总计39头奶牛的体细胞在不同时间计数,表明吖啶橙染色是一种快速、准确的监测奶牛体细胞数的方法,同时还表明不同的饲养条件及管理会造成牛群健康状况的显著差异,并依据实验结果对改善牛群的健康状况提出了建议。     

恩诺沙星分子印迹电化学传感器的制备及其在食品快速检测中的应用

以恩诺沙星(ENRO)为模板分子,邻苯二胺(OPD)和邻氨基苯酚(OAP)为复合功能单体,在NaAc-HAc缓冲液中,采用电聚合法在玻碳电极表面制备了能够特异识别模板分子及其结构类似物的分子印迹电化学传感器。试验选用含1mol/L氯化钾及1mmol/L铁氰化钾的混合液作为表征溶液,采用循环伏安法和方波伏安法研究了传感器的电化学响应特性,并优化制备和检测条件。结果表明,在最佳条件下,恩诺沙星在2×10~(-6)mol/L～4×10~(-5)mol/L浓度范围内线性关系良好,检出限为7. 0×10~(-7)mol/L,该传感器具有良好的稳定性和重现性,对恩诺沙星以及结构类似物具有良好的选择性。采用该传感器对实际样品牛奶、鸡肉、猪肉和鸡蛋中的恩诺沙星进行检测,加标回收率在83. 2%～92. 7%之间,相对标准偏差(RSD)在1. 0%～4. 8%之间(n=5),该传感器选择性强、稳定性好、操作简便、检测快速灵敏、成本低、具有良好的应用前景。     

Rapid Detection of Senescent Mesenchymal Stromal Cells by a Fluorescent Probe

Despite intense interest in human mesenchymal stromal cells (MSCs), monitoring of the progressive occurrence of senescence has been hindered by the lack of efficient detection tools. Here, the discovery of a novel MSC senescence‐specific fluorescent probe (CyBC9) identified by a high‐throughput screen is reported. Compared with the prototypical senescence‐associated β‐galactosidase (SA‐β‐gal) staining, the CyBC9 assay is rapid (2 h) and nontoxic and can thus be applied to live cells. It is shown that CyBC9 is able to stain early and late senescent populations both in monolayer‐ and in microcarrier‐based cultures. Finally, to investigate the mechanism of CyBC9, colocalization assays are performed and it is found that CyBC9 is accumulated in the mitochondria of senescent MSCs presumably due to the loss of membrane potential. Taken together, it is expected that CyBC9 will be a useful tool to ameliorate cell therapy through rapid and early screening of senescent phenotypes in clinically relevant MSCs.     

Rapid Immunoassays for Detection of UV-Induced Cyclobutane Pyrimidine Dimers in Whole Bacterial Cells

Immunoassays were developed to measure DNA damage retained by UV-irradiated whole bacterial cells. Active Mycobacterium parafortuitum and Serratia marcescens cells were fixed and incubated with cyclobutane pyrimidine dimer-binding antibodies after being exposed to known UV doses (254 nm). When both fluorescent (Alexa Fluor 488) and radiolabeled (¹²⁵I) secondary antibodies were used as reporters, indirect whole-cell assays were sensitive enough to measure intracellular UV photoproducts in M. parafortuitum and S. marcescens cells as well as photoenzymatic repair responses in S. marcescens cells. For the same UV dose, fluorescent DNA photoproduct detection limits in whole-cell assays (immunofluorescent microscopy) were similar to those in fluorescent assays performed on membrane-bound DNA extracts (immunoslot blot). With either fluorescent or radiolabeled reporters, the intracellular cyclobutane pyrimidine dimer content of UV-irradiated whole bacterial cells could be reliably quantified after undergoing a <0.5-order-of-magnitude decrease in culturability. Immunofluorescent microscopy results showed that photoenzymatic repair competence is not uniformly distributed among exponential-growth UV-irradiated pure cultures.     

Rapid Ornithine Decarboxylase Test for the Identification of Enterobacteriaceae

Conventional methods for detecting ornithine decarboxylase activity require an extended period of incubation. However, with a few simple modifications, accurate results were obtained within a few hours rather than several days. The broth medium was modified, primarily by omitting glucose and by decreasing the pH to 5.5. A 1-ml amount of this broth was inoculated with one colony and then overlaid with sterile mineral oil. Within 2 to 4 hr, the pH increased if ornithine was decarboxylated, thus changing the color of the internal pH indicator to a dark purple. If the amino acid was not decarboxylated, the pH decreased to pH 5.0 to 5.2, enough to give a definite yellow color. With 347 selected clinical isolates, the rapid test gave results identical to those obtained in 1 to 4 days with Moeller's decarboxylase medium. Less reliable results were obtained with Difco's decarboxylase medium with 0.3% agar which was stabinoculated and read after 18 to 24 hr without a mineral oil seal. The rapid ornithine decarboxylase test represents a simple, accurate technique which is well suited for the clinical microbiology laboratory.     

生物技术在食品检测方面的应用

综述了DNA探针、PCR、生物芯片、胶体金免疫层析及ELLSA等生物技术的基本原理及其在食品检测方面的应用。