In-field detection of multiple pathogenic bacteria in food products using a portable fluorescent biosensing system

Foodborne diseases caused by pathogenic bacteria have increasingly become a major public health issue worldwide. Rapid, simple, and accurate detection methods are urgently needed for in-field screening of bacterial pathogens. In our previous work, rapid detection methodologies have been established based on fluorescent nanobiosensors for simultaneous separation and detection of multiple foodborne pathogenic bacteria. In this research, a portable fluorescent biosensing system was designed and built and further assessed for in-field detection of three main types of bacterial pathogens that have been associated with the outbreaks of foodborne illness. Using the developed fluorescent nanobiosensor coupled with nanobead-based immunomagnetic separation, we conducted blind tests with the portable device to simultaneously detect E. coli O157:H7, L. monocytogenes, and S. Typhimurium in different food products in three cities selected from three big agricultural provinces in China. Specificity tests showed low interference of this multiplex biosensor from non-targets in food samples. The detection could be done from sampling to results within 60 min. Limits of detections of this method for E. coli O157:H7, L. monocytogenes, and S. Typhimurium were determined to be 10², 10³, and 10³ CFU/mL in lettuce, shrimp, and ground beef, respectively. Recovery tests were also investigated and this method was evaluated to be accurate comparing with the gold standard culturing method. Therefore, it is feasible for this portable fluorescence biosensing system to be used in rapid and in-field screening of multiple foodborne pathogenic bacteria in foods, such as vegetables, livestock meat, and sea food. And together with fluorescent nanobiosensors, it provides a promising alternative tool to traditional culturing method, or even conventional ELISA and PCR based methods.     

环介导等温扩增与qPCR用于检测肉制品中狗源性成分的比较

目的 建立基于实时荧光PCR和环介导等温扩增检测肉制品中狗源性成分的检测方法并比较2种方法的检测效能。方法 针对狗线粒体CYTB基因保守序列, 采用Primer Explorer Version 4软件设计环介导等温扩增引物, Primer Express 3.0.1软件设计实时荧光PCR引物及探针。提取狗肉基因组DNA作为阳性模板, 黄牛肉等20种基因组DNA作为阴性对照, 分析扩增特异性; 用含靶序列的人工质粒确定检测灵敏度及人工掺肉样确定最低检出限; 用市售肉制品分析检出率。结果 对于肉制品中狗源性成分检测, 实时荧光PCR和环介导等温扩增检测均有较好的特异性, 人工质粒分析灵敏度分别为0.1、1 fg/μL。对10种市售狗肉制品的狗源性成分均检出阳性、10份不含狗肉制品均检出阴性, qPCR法和环介导等温扩增法的检测结果符合率均为100%。结论 qPCR法和环介导等温扩增法在检测肉及肉制品中的狗源性成分时, 在灵敏度、检出限和准确度上具有相当的效能。     

水产品中副溶血性弧菌PMA-ddPCR活菌定量检测方法的研究

本研究旨在针对水产品中活的副溶血性弧菌建立一种快速定量的PCR检测方法。基于叠氮溴化丙锭(PMA)在一定光照条件下能抑制死亡菌DNA扩增,以及微滴式数字PCR技术能将检测精度扩展至单分子目标基因,并实现绝对定量的特点,以副溶血性弧菌tlh基因为目的片段设计及筛选适合的特异性引物与探针,优化反应体系,通过对PMA浓度及曝光条件等优化,建立了一种联用PMA-dd PCR技术快速检测水产品中活的副溶血性弧菌的定量检测方法。研究结果显示:选择16μg/m L作为PMA工作浓度,曝光时间为8 min,此条件下能够完全抑制副溶血性弧菌死菌的DNA扩增并对活菌扩增无影响。通过对比PMA-dd PCR和PMA-q PCR的检测低限分别为2×10~1 cfu/mL、2×10~2 cfu/mL,PMA-dd PCR法的灵敏度比PMA-q PCR法的高。应用PMA-dd PCR定量方法检测人工污染的基围虾和小帆立贝这两种海产品,在基围虾中最低可检出1.9×10~1 cfu/g的副溶血性弧菌、在小帆立贝中最低可检出8.9 cfu/g的副溶血性弧菌。该研究为将PCR技术实际应用于水产品中低量污染、活的副溶血性弧菌的定量检测奠定了基础。     

利用LAMP技术快速检测羊肉制品中的鼠源性成分

为实现羊肉制品中鼠源性成分的定性检测,基于环介导等温扩增（loop-mediated isothermal amplification,LAMP）技术,以鼠的线粒体基因（大鼠环氧化酶基因KP244683.1和小鼠的16S rRNA基因KY018919.1）为靶标,分别设计相应的LAMP特异性引物,通过优化反应条件,确定最佳LAMP反应体系。对混合模拟样品进行特异性、灵敏度和稳定性评估,应用LAMP和聚合酶链式反应检测方法分别对市售羊肉制品进行检测,对比分析检测结果。结果表明,本研究建立的LAMP方法特异性强,大鼠和小鼠的检出限分别为0.1%和0.5%,稳定性好,LAMP与聚合酶链式反应市售实际样本检测结果具有高度的一致性。因此,本实验建立的鼠源性成分LAMP检测方法操作简便、高效、准确,为鼠肉掺假快速诊断和基层诊断提供了新的选择,可作为羊肉制品中鼠源性成分的快速检测新方法。