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Multiplex Real-Time Polymerase Chain Reaction for Simultaneous Quantification of Salmonella spp., Escherichia coli, and Staphylococcus aureus in Different Food Matrices: Advantages and Disadvantages
Quantitative real-time polymerase chain reactions (qPCRs) of the most prevalent bacteria causing foodborne diseases worldwide, such as Salmonella spp., Escherichia coli, and Staphylococcus aureus, can be an important tool for quantitative microbial risk assessment, which requires numerical data to d...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6176325/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30356394 http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2018/6104015 |
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author | Lopes, Amanda Teixeira Sampaio Albuquerque, George Rêgo Maciel, Bianca Mendes |
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description | Quantitative real-time polymerase chain reactions (qPCRs) of the most prevalent bacteria causing foodborne diseases worldwide, such as Salmonella spp., Escherichia coli, and Staphylococcus aureus, can be an important tool for quantitative microbial risk assessment, which requires numerical data to determine the level of contamination at a specific stage of food production. However, most of qPCR assays described in the literature for these pathogens are qualitative; their objective is pathogen detection and not pathogen quantification. Thus, the aim of our work was to develop a qPCR for the simultaneous quantification of Salmonella spp., E. coli, and S. aureus and to propose its use in the analysis of foods, as a tool for microbiological quality monitoring. For this, a multiplex qPCR was standardized for the simultaneous quantification of specific fragments of target genes (ssf, phoA, and nuc) corresponding to each one of the mentioned bacteria. The limit of detection of the technique was 13, 10, and 12 gene copies for ssf, phoA, and nuc, respectively; standard curves showed R(2) > 0.99, with efficiencies ranging from 99 to 110%, and inter- and intraexperiment reproducibility presented a low coefficient of variation in all trials. This methodology was applied in different food matrices (milk, ground beef, and oyster meat), and the results were compared with official microbiological culture methodology and with ready-to-use test. Advantages and disadvantages of each methodology used in this study are pointed out. We suggest that this multiplex qPCR can be used as a rapid screening technique for the analysis of food microbiological quality. |
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spelling | pubmed-61763252018-10-23 Multiplex Real-Time Polymerase Chain Reaction for Simultaneous Quantification of Salmonella spp., Escherichia coli, and Staphylococcus aureus in Different Food Matrices: Advantages and Disadvantages Lopes, Amanda Teixeira Sampaio Albuquerque, George Rêgo Maciel, Bianca Mendes Biomed Res Int Research Article Quantitative real-time polymerase chain reactions (qPCRs) of the most prevalent bacteria causing foodborne diseases worldwide, such as Salmonella spp., Escherichia coli, and Staphylococcus aureus, can be an important tool for quantitative microbial risk assessment, which requires numerical data to determine the level of contamination at a specific stage of food production. However, most of qPCR assays described in the literature for these pathogens are qualitative; their objective is pathogen detection and not pathogen quantification. Thus, the aim of our work was to develop a qPCR for the simultaneous quantification of Salmonella spp., E. coli, and S. aureus and to propose its use in the analysis of foods, as a tool for microbiological quality monitoring. For this, a multiplex qPCR was standardized for the simultaneous quantification of specific fragments of target genes (ssf, phoA, and nuc) corresponding to each one of the mentioned bacteria. The limit of detection of the technique was 13, 10, and 12 gene copies for ssf, phoA, and nuc, respectively; standard curves showed R(2) > 0.99, with efficiencies ranging from 99 to 110%, and inter- and intraexperiment reproducibility presented a low coefficient of variation in all trials. This methodology was applied in different food matrices (milk, ground beef, and oyster meat), and the results were compared with official microbiological culture methodology and with ready-to-use test. Advantages and disadvantages of each methodology used in this study are pointed out. We suggest that this multiplex qPCR can be used as a rapid screening technique for the analysis of food microbiological quality. Hindawi 2018-09-25 /pmc/articles/PMC6176325/ /pubmed/30356394 http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2018/6104015 Text en Copyright © 2018 Amanda Teixeira Sampaio Lopes et al. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. |
spellingShingle | Research Article Lopes, Amanda Teixeira Sampaio Albuquerque, George Rêgo Maciel, Bianca Mendes Multiplex Real-Time Polymerase Chain Reaction for Simultaneous Quantification of Salmonella spp., Escherichia coli, and Staphylococcus aureus in Different Food Matrices: Advantages and Disadvantages |
title | Multiplex Real-Time Polymerase Chain Reaction for Simultaneous Quantification of Salmonella spp., Escherichia coli, and Staphylococcus aureus in Different Food Matrices: Advantages and Disadvantages |
title_full | Multiplex Real-Time Polymerase Chain Reaction for Simultaneous Quantification of Salmonella spp., Escherichia coli, and Staphylococcus aureus in Different Food Matrices: Advantages and Disadvantages |
title_fullStr | Multiplex Real-Time Polymerase Chain Reaction for Simultaneous Quantification of Salmonella spp., Escherichia coli, and Staphylococcus aureus in Different Food Matrices: Advantages and Disadvantages |
title_full_unstemmed | Multiplex Real-Time Polymerase Chain Reaction for Simultaneous Quantification of Salmonella spp., Escherichia coli, and Staphylococcus aureus in Different Food Matrices: Advantages and Disadvantages |
title_short | Multiplex Real-Time Polymerase Chain Reaction for Simultaneous Quantification of Salmonella spp., Escherichia coli, and Staphylococcus aureus in Different Food Matrices: Advantages and Disadvantages |
title_sort | multiplex real-time polymerase chain reaction for simultaneous quantification of salmonella spp., escherichia coli, and staphylococcus aureus in different food matrices: advantages and disadvantages |
topic | Research Article |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6176325/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30356394 http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2018/6104015 |
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