进出境食品中单核增生李斯特氏菌的血清分型与脉冲场凝胶电泳分型分析研究

目的 研究进出境食品中的单核增生李斯特氏菌（LMO）的血清分型与脉冲场凝胶电泳分型的特性及其关系。方法 采用标准方法对39株分离的LMO进行PFGE分型,分别用ApaI和Asc I酶切,电泳图谱进行聚类分析,以上菌株同时进行血清分型检测。结果 39株LMO分成6个血清型;经ApaI酶切后,分成29种带型,相似度在57.4%~100%;Asc I酶切后,分成34种带型,相似度在48.6%~100%。讨论 AscI酶切的PFGE分离效果优于ApaI酶切,与血清分型的一致性低于ApaI酶切;PFGE分型效果优于血清分型。     

阪崎肠杆菌脉冲场凝胶电泳分型及耐药研究

目的：研究北京、新疆、广东、辽宁等地和新西兰、美国、印度进口食品中分离的阪崎肠杆菌(ES)分子型别和耐药情况。方法：用限制性内切酶Xba Ⅰ酶切ES 染色体DNA 进行脉冲场凝胶电泳(PFGE)实验,用BioNumerics 软件对不同地区分离的ES 进行比对,分析菌株之间的相似度。用Vitek 2 进行药敏实验,分析ES 耐药情况。结果：38 株ES(其中ES12 为标准菌株)分成37 个PFGE 型,相似度在25%～100%,未表现出优势带型和地区特异性,而部分食品被遗传紧密相关的ES 克隆株污染。药敏实验结果显示37 株ES 共有9 种耐药谱,部分菌株对呋喃类、头孢类、β- 内酰胺类耐药。结论：建立的PFGE 方法可应用于ES 的分子分型和溯源。     

2016年河南省市售生禽肉中沙门菌血清分型和分子分型研究

目的 了解河南省市售生禽肉中沙门菌污染状况,并对分离株进行血清型和分子分型研究,为河南省食源性疾病溯源数据库提供基础数据。方法 沙门菌检测及血清分型、脉冲场凝胶电泳(PFGE)分子分型分析参照国家食品及食源性疾病监测网工作手册。结果 165份生禽肉样品中检出41株沙门菌,分属13个血清型,优势血清型是科瓦利斯沙门菌、肯塔基沙门菌、鼠伤寒沙门菌及达布沙门菌。经Xba I酶切,获得30种带型,每种带型包括1～5株菌株,相似度为47.5%～100%。部分不同血清型沙门菌PFGE型相似。结论 河南省市售生禽肉沙门菌污染严重,沙门菌血清型和基因型呈现多样化,基因型有一定的地区聚集性。     

云南省食源性金黄色葡萄球菌脉冲场凝胶电泳分型分析

目的采用脉冲场凝胶电泳(pulsed-field gel electrophoresis,PFGE)方法分析云南省2013～2015年食源性金黄色葡萄球菌分子分型带型,初步建立金黄色葡萄球菌PFGE分型的数据库。方法用限制性内切酶Smal I酶切113株金黄色葡萄球菌染色体DNA以进行PFGE分析,并利用BioNumerics软件对分离株的指纹图谱进行聚类分析。结果 113株食源性金黄色葡萄球菌的PFGE图谱的相似性系数在56.67%～100%之间,经聚类分析得到89个PFGE型别。结论建立云南省食源性金黄色葡萄球菌PFGE分型数据库,PFGE带型呈现多样性,对今后云南省金黄色葡萄球菌引起食物中毒的诊断和溯源工作有重要意义。     

一起食物中毒病原菌斯坦利沙门菌的分子分型及耐药性分析

目的对引起跨区域食物中毒的斯坦利沙门菌分离株进行耐药性检测和分子分型分析,追溯并明确病因食品,为该菌防控工作提供科学依据。方法采用微量肉汤稀释法对15株斯坦利沙门菌进行18种抗生素敏感性试验,同时对菌株基因组DNA经限制性内切酶Xba I酶切后进行脉冲场凝胶电泳(PFGE)分子分型,并与数据库中其他沙门菌比较。结果此次疫情分离菌株中食品分离株和腹泻患者分离株血清型一致,耐药谱基本一致。经PFGE溯源分析后具有100%同源的PFGE带型,数据库中无相同带型的菌株。结论本起跨区域食物中毒是由斯坦利沙门菌污染的煮花生引起,分离菌株对红霉素耐药,对氯霉素处于中介,对其他抗生素敏感。     

椰毒假单胞菌酵米面亚种脉冲场凝胶电泳分型的研究

目的建立椰毒假单胞菌酵米面亚种的脉冲场凝胶电泳(pulsed-field gel electrophoresis,PFGE)分型方法,并对29株分离株进行PFGE分型研究。方法分别选择5种限制性内切酶(XbaⅠ、SpeⅠ、NotⅠ、SmaⅠ、AscⅠ)酶切椰毒假单胞菌酵米面亚种染色体DNA以进行PFGE分析,并利用BioNumerics软件对分离株的指纹图谱进行聚类分析。结果NotⅠ、SmaⅠ和AscⅠ的酶切片段过小,而XbaⅠ酶切片段的大小适中但数量过多,不能获得清晰可辨的图谱,均不适于椰毒假单胞菌酵米面亚种的PFGE分型。SpeⅠ酶切的PFGE条带数量和大小适中、指纹图谱清晰可辨,对椰毒假单胞菌酵米面亚种具有足够的分辨率。结论本研究建立的PFGE分型方法可应用于椰毒假单胞菌酵米面亚种的分子分型和溯源。     

2016—2020年辽宁省沙门菌耐药性及分子分型研究

目的 分析辽宁省2016—2020年食源性疾病监测中沙门菌分离株的耐药情况及分子分型特征,为沙门菌引起感染性腹泻的防控、临床抗生素使用提供可靠科学依据。方法 对辽宁省2016—2020年临床腹泻病例分离的90株沙门菌进行血清学鉴定,应用脉冲场凝胶电泳（PFGE）进行分子分型,采用BioNumeries 7.6软件对菌株间的相似度进行聚类分析,采用微量肉汤稀释法进行药物敏感性检测。结果 90株沙门菌分为13种血清型,以肠炎沙门菌和鼠伤寒沙门菌为主。PFGE聚类分析得到54种带型,各带型间相似度为51.4%～100%,每种带型包含1～10株菌,同一血清型菌株的PFGE带型相似度较高,且存在多次聚集现象。药敏结果显示90株沙门菌呈现36种耐药谱,氨苄西林耐药率最高（66.7%,60/90）,其次为萘啶酸（62.2%,56/90）,头孢西丁全部敏感。多重耐药率达48.9%（44/90）,其中鼠伤寒沙门菌和肠炎沙门菌多重耐药率分别为87.5%和45.8%。结论 辽宁省沙门菌引起腹泻病例呈散发态势,菌株多重耐药趋势明显,且耐药率较高,耐药谱广泛,应进一步加强分子溯源及耐药性监测。     

PFGE与16S rDNA对阪崎克罗诺杆菌分型的研究

研究脉冲场凝胶电泳(PFGE)与16S rDNA序列分析在阪崎克罗诺杆菌分型中的应用。对分离自不同来源的10株阪崎克罗诺杆菌进行16S rDNA序列扩增及测序,并构建系统发育树进行聚类分析。再利用限制性内切酶Xba I对这10株菌酶切后,进行PFGE电泳分型。16S rDNA序列分析显示,所有分离菌株与ATCC标准菌株在同一系统发育分支下,其序列相似性达到98.37%,并且不能进一步分型。而PFGE分型结果显示,10株分离菌株和2株标准菌株共分成11种PFGE基因型,说明PFGE的分型能力明显优于16S rDNA序列分析,部分菌株的基因型与分离来源具有一定的相关性,所以PFGE分型方法可用于阪崎克罗诺杆菌分子分型及溯源的研究。     

2020年辽宁省副溶血性弧菌PFGE分型、血清型分布和耐药谱分析

目的 了解辽宁省副溶血性弧菌（VP）的流行特征,为食源性疾病的防控提供可靠的技术支持,提高对食物中毒应急事件的处理能力。方法 对2020年从辽宁省内14个市内食源性疾病病人和食品中分离的VP进行PFGE分子分型、血清学分型、药物敏感试验并分析。结果 44株VP（食源性疾病分离株22株,食品分离株22株）共分为15个血清型,9个血清群,有8株不能进行K分型,不可分型率为18.2%。食源性疾病分离株分为4个血清型、3个血清群,主要血清群为O3,其次为O1;食品分离株分为11个血清型、6个血清群,主要血清群为O2,其次为O1和O3。44株VP对15种抗生素的药敏结果显示,头孢唑啉耐药率高达68.2%,其次是氨苄西林22.7%、红霉素13.6%、阿奇霉素4.5%、头孢西丁2.3%、头孢噻肟2.3%。菌株主要对β-内酰胺类和大环内酯类抗生素耐药,耐药性逐年增强,一些食源性疾病分离株出现多重耐药,且多重耐药株数量逐年增加。食源性疾病分离株较食品分离株耐药率高,血清型O3∶K6为主要流行菌株,且耐药率高,PFGE分子分型按相似度90%以上,可分为5种PFGE优势带型。食源性疾病分离株相似度较高,可聚类成3个组。而食品分离株相似度较低,除了两株菌相似度大于90%外,其余菌株间相似度均在85%以下。结论 O3与O1血清型菌株之间有高度同源性,提示O3与O1血清型菌株密切相关。食品分离株同源性较低,提示食品株间关联性较差。辽宁省2020年VP分离株耐药情况不容乐观,耐药趋势还需进一步关注。     

台州市食源性单核细胞增生李斯特菌分子特征研究

目的了解台州市食品中分离的单核细胞增生李斯特菌的血清型、毒力基因以及基因分型情况,建立食源性单核细胞增生李斯特菌的分子特征本底信息,为食源性疾病的防治提供技术支持。方法对近几年从食品中分离的37株单核细胞增生李斯特菌进行多重PCR血清分型、9种毒力基因(prf A、inl A、inl B、iap、fla A、hly A、plc B、mpl和act A)PCR检测、PFGE基因分型,用Bio Numerics 6.6软件对分型数据进行聚类分析。结果 37株食源性单核细胞增生李斯特菌的血清型以1/2a或3a型别为主;所有菌株均检出4种以上毒力基因,有15株菌携带所有9种毒力基因;37株菌经Apa I酶切PFGE分型后,共得到22种带型,每种带型包含1~5株不等,相似度区间为67%~100%。结论台州市食源性单核细胞增生李斯特菌存在致病流行风险,建立的指纹图谱数据库可为食源性疾病的防治提供技术支持。     

Characterization of Listeria monocytogenes from an ice cream plant by serotyping and pulsed-field gel electrophoresis

One dominating strain of serotype 1/2b was found when serotyping and pulsed-field gel electrophoresis (PFGE) patterns were used for the characterization of 41 Listeria monocytogenes isolates originating from an ice cream plant. Samples were taken from the production environment, equipment and ice cream during the years 1990-1997. Serotyping divided the isolates into two serovars, 1/2b and 4b. Three rare-cutting enzymes (ApaI, AscI and SmaI) were used in the creation of PFGE patterns. AscI resulted in the best restriction enzyme digestion patterns (REDPs) for visual comparison. Eight different AscI REDPs were obtained, whereas ApaI produced six and SmaI seven banding patterns. When one-band differences are taken into account, 12 different PFGE types were distinguished based on information obtained with all three enzymes. The dominant PFGE type was found to have persisted in the ice cream plant for seven years. Improved and precisely targeted cleaning and disinfection practices combined with structural changes making for easier cleaning of the packaging machine, resulted in eradication of L. monocytogenes from this plant.     

Prevalence of Listeria monocytogenes subtypes in bulk milk of the Pacific Northwest

The prevalence of Listeria monocytogenes in bulk milk from three Pacific Northwest states was assessed for 474 herds at three time points. For samples collected in November 2000 and June 2001, the L. monocytogenes prevalence levels were 4.9 and 7.0%, respectively. All isolates were subtyped by serotyping and by pulsed-field gel electrophoresis (PFGE). Forty-nine of the 55 isolates belonged to serogroup 1/2a, while 6 belonged to serogroup 4. Subtyping by PFGE revealed that isolates from 31 herds shared 10 patterns; there was a weak but significant association between PFGE subtype and geographical distance. Six herds were positive for L. monocytogenes at both time points. Of these six herds, four had indistinguishable PFGE patterns at both time points. Twenty-five of the 33 herds that were positive in June 2001 were sampled again in June 2002. L. monocytogenes was recovered from 17 of these 25 herds (68%), with the ApaI restriction enzyme digestion profiles (REDP) for 8 herds being identical to those of isolates recovered from these herds the previous year. The ApaI REDP for the bulk milk isolates were compared with those for isolates recovered from environmental and human samples that were collected by the Washington Department of Health (n = 23). Analysis of ApaI digestion profiles revealed that only two of the Washington Department of Health isolates had digestion profiles similar to those for isolates from bulk milk; however, further analysis with the use of a second enzyme (AscI) was capable of discriminating between isolates from the two sources. Thus, we found no direct REDP matches between bulk milk and clinical isolates.     

Prevalence of Listeria monocytogenes in broilers at the abattoir, processing plant, and retail level.

The environment and products from two broiler abattoirs and processing plants and raw broiler pieces at the retail level were sampled for Listeria monocytogenes in order to evaluate the contamination level of the broiler carcasses and products. Sampling started in the slaughtering process and finished with raw broiler meat or ready-to-eat cooked product. Sampling sites positive for L. monocytogenes at the broiler abattoir were the air chiller, the skin-removing machine, and the conveyor belt leading to the packaging area. The L monocytogenes contamination rate varied from 1 to 19% between the two plants studied. Furthermore, 62% (38 of 61) of the raw broiler pieces, bought from retail stores, were positive for L. monocytogenes. Altogether, 136 L. monocytogenes isolates were obtained for serotyping and pulsed-field gel electrophoresis (PFGE) characterization performed with two rare-cutting enzymes (ApaI and AscI). Altogether three serotypes (1/2a, 1/2c, and 4b) and 14 different PFGE types were obtained using information provided from both ApaI and AscI patterns for discrimination basis. The two broiler abattoirs studied did not share the same PFGE types. However, the same PFGE types found in the raw broiler pieces at the retail level were also found in the broiler abattoirs where the broilers had been slaughtered.     

Tracing Listeria monocytogenes isolates from cold-smoked salmon and its processing environment in Iceland using pulsed-field gel electrophoresis

Listeria spp. and Listeria monocytogenes contamination of cold-smoked salmon (n=125) and its processing environment (n=522) were evaluated during surveys conducted in 1997-1998 and 2001 as well as in samples of final products analysed in 2001. The overall frequencies of Listeria spp. and L. monocytogenes in samples from all sources were 15.1% and 11.3%, respectively, but the incidence of L. monocytogenes in cold-smoked salmon final products was only 4%. A total of 201 L. monocytogenes isolates were characterised by Pulsed-Field Gel Electrophoresis (PFGE) in order to trace L. monocytogenes contamination in the processing plants. The combination of AscI and ApaI macrorestriction patterns yielded 24 different pulsotypes in 6 plants. One pulsotype observed by AscI restriction digestion comprised 148 of the 167 typed isolates from two processing plants. Two other pulsotypes predominated in samples from raw material, processing environments and final products. The results indicate that raw material, floors, and drains are potential sources of the L. monocytogenes found on cold-smoked salmon products. This highlights the need to readdress the design and cleaning of processing plants and equipment, and staff behavior. Hindering the introduction into and spread of the organism through the processing environment is necessary to avoid jeopardizing safety of the final product.     

Persistent and nonpersistent Listeria monocytogenes contamination in meat and poultry processing plants

Contamination analysis of persistent and nonpersistent Listeria monocytogenes strains in three meat processing plants and one poultry processing plant were performed in order to identify factors predisposing to or sustaining persistent plant contamination. A total of 596 L. monocytogenes isolates were divided into 47 pulsed-field gel electrophoresis (PFGE) types by combining the restriction enzyme patterns of AscI (42 patterns) and ApaI (38 patterns). Persistent and nonpersistent strains were found in all plants. Nonpersistent PFGE types were found mostly at one sampling site, with the processing environment being the most common location, whereas the persistent strains were found at several sampling sites in most cases. The processing machines were frequently contaminated with persistent L. monocytogenes PFGE types, and it was of concern that surfaces having direct contact with the products were contaminated. The role of the processing machines in sustaining contamination and in contaminating the products appeared to be important because the final product of several processing lines was contaminated with the same L. monocytogenes PFGE type as that found in the processing machine. The proportion of persistent PFGE types in heat-treated products was eight times higher than in the raw products, showing the importance of the persistent PFGE types as contaminants of the final heat-treated products. The contamination status of the processing lines and machines appeared to be influenced by the compartmentalization of the processing line, with poor compartmentalization increasing L. monocytogenes contamination. The separation of raw and post-heat treatment areas seemed especially important in the contamination status of post-heat treatment lines.     

Similar Listeria monocytogenes pulsotypes detected in several foods originating from different sources

The purpose of the study was to obtain fingerprinting data of Listeria monocytogenes strains isolated in various foods to determine possible associations of strains with product type, producer, country or isolation time. Two hundred and ninety-five L. monocytogenes strains originating from food items of 41 producers of 10 countries were characterized by pulsed-field gel electrophoresis (PFGE) typing. Combination of AscI and ApaI macrorestriction patterns (MRP) yielded 66 different pulsotypes. Ten pulsotypes were common to two or more product types and 17 pulsotypes were detected in foods of more than one producer having no apparent association with each other. Similar pulsotypes of L. monocytogenes were recovered in products of different countries over several years. Some of the pulsotypes were recurrently recovered from the same product of the same producer, suggesting a possible persistence of these strains in the processing plant. However, some of the recurrently isolated L. monocytogenes pulsotypes were repeatedly found in products of several producers, which may indicate that persistent houseflora strains are not always producer-specific. Furthermore, the similarity of macrorestriction patterns expressed as clusters, based on the numerical analysis of macrorestriction patterns, was not found to correlate with product type, country, producer or year of isolation. Our data suggest a wide geographical and temporal distribution of a number of L. monocytogenes strains isolated in food products. The existence of similar L. monocytogenes strains in various food products of several producers should be considered if food strain fingerprint results are used to help trace the vehicles for infections.     

Traceback identification of an ingredient (pork dewlap) as the possible source of Listeria monocytogenes serotype 4b contamination in raw chicken products

In surveys conducted on finished product samples from a single poultry processing plant in Spain, Listeria monocytogenes was found in 14 different uncooked products. To track contamination patterns, 77 L. monocytogenes isolates were characterized by PCR-based serotyping, pulsed-field gel electrophoresis (PFGE) restriction analysis, and PCR-based allelic analysis of the virulence gene actA. Serotyping revealed that 12 isolates (15.6%) were of the L. monocytogenes serotype 4b complex (serotype 4b or the closely related serotypes 4d and 4e). A combination of endonucleases AscI and ApaI PFGE patterns yielded 15 different pulsotypes among all 77 tested isolates. All the serotype 4b isolates belonged to one pulsotype. Sequencing of the actA gene confirmed that all serotype 4b isolates corresponded to the same allelic subtype. The subtype was recovered from five product types, but its presence was not correlated with the production line or the date of isolation, suggesting a possible association of this strain with a common ingredient. This traceback investigation established that pork dewlap, an ingredient common to all the products contaminated with this strain, was the most probable source of L. monocytogenes 4b. The same 4b strain was isolated from four samples of pork dewlap from one specific supplier. After replacement of this contaminated ingredient in the fresh products, this strain of L. monocytogenes serotype 4b was not detected. This study confirms the effectiveness of molecular subtyping to control contamination by specific strains of L. monocytogenes and the importance of testing the different ingredients added to the food products.     

Typing of Listeria monocytogenes isolates originating from the food processing industry with automated ribotyping and pulsed-field gel electrophoresis

A total of 486 Listeria monocytogenes isolates originating from 17 Finnish food processing plants (representing meat, poultry, fish, and dairy production) were collected and typed by automated ribotyping using EcoRI as the restriction enzyme. The isolates were divided into 16 different ribotypes (RTs). Some of these isolates (121), representing all EcoRI types and 16 food plants, were subjected to ribotyping with the PvuII enzyme, to pulsed-field gel electrophoresis (PFGE) typing with AscI and SmaI restriction enzymes, and to serotyping with O-antigen antisera. Nineteen ribotypes were generated with PvuII, 42 macrorestriction patterns were generated with AscI and 24 with SmaI, and three serotypes were generated with antisera. When the results were combined, the overall number of RTs was 23, and that of the PFGE types was 46. Thus, the overall discrimination power of PFGE was higher (discrimination index [DI] 0.966) than that of ribotyping (DI 0.906). The most common serotype (90.1% of the isolates) was 1/2, and isolates of serotype 4 (3.3%) were rare. There was no connection between food sectors and RTs or PFGE types, but PFGE indicated the single plants (78.3% of the types) better than ribotyping (56.5%). On the basis of its automation and on the availability of identification databases, automated ribotyping had some advantages over PFGE. Overall, automated ribotyping can be considered a practical and rapid tool when Listeria contamination is suspected and when screening a large number of isolates is necessary, e.g., when tracing contamination sources. However, in cases of outbreaks, the identical patterns must be confirmed by PFGE, which is a more discriminatory method.     

Pulsed-field gel electrophoresis (PFGE) typing of Listeria strains isolated from a meat processing plant over a 2-year period

As part of a hygiene monitoring program in a meat processing plant a total of 131 Listeria isolates were detected by sampling different processing areas and meat products within a 2-year period. The isolates were differentiated by means of phenotypic characteristics. Furthermore, the genomic ApaI and SmaI fragment patterns of all isolates were examined by pulsed-field gel electrophoresis (PFGE). PFGE using SmaI and ApaI yielded 15 (Listeria monocytogenes), 20 (Listeria innocua) and six (Listeria welshimeri) pulsotypes. Of the environmental Listeria monocytogenes isolates the predominating PFGE-type B was clearly associated with processing area A whereas PFGE-type E predominated in the meat products. Moreover, the study showed the persistence of closely related Listeria strains over a 2-year period in the environment of this meat processing plant.     

Identification and molecular characterization of Listeria monocytogenes isolated in raw milk in the region of Algiers (Algeria)

Listeria monocytogenes was isolated from raw milk, whey and curdled milk produced and collected in the region of Algiers and Blida between September 2003 and July 2004. Four out of 153 (2.61%) farm milk samples and 6 out of 80 (7.50%) tankers' samples tested positive for L. monocytogenes. All samples of whey and curdled milk (n=12) tested negative for L. monocytogenes, but 2 of 22 (9%) samples of whey were contaminated by L. innocua. L. monocytogenes isolates were grouped by a multiplex PCR assay; all isolates belonged to the PCR-group IVb, which corresponds to serovars 4b, 4d and 4e. L. monocytogenes isolates were characterized by Pulsed-Field Gel Electrophoresis (PFGE). The combination of AscI and ApaI macrorestriction patterns yielded five different pulsovars (I to V). The results indicate that raw milk, and raw milk products are potential sources of the L. monocytogenes and represent a potential risk for consumers.