反式肉桂醛与温和加热结合对复原婴幼儿牛乳中阪崎克罗诺肠杆菌的抑杀作用

研究反式肉桂醛与温和加热结合对复原婴幼儿牛乳中阪崎克罗诺肠杆菌的抑杀作用。将3 种阪崎克罗诺 肠杆菌的混合菌株（浓度约6.6（lg（CFU/mL）））接种于含有不同质量分数反式肉桂醛（0、0.1%、0.2%、0.3% 和0.4%）的复原婴幼儿牛乳样品中,将样品置于25、45、50、55 ℃培养,并在不同的时间点对样品中存活的阪崎 克罗诺肠杆菌涂布计数。为探究反式肉桂醛与温和加热结合的抑杀机制,实验利用LIVE/DEAD?细菌活性检测试 剂盒和场发射扫描电子显微镜探究细胞膜完整性及细胞形态。结果表明：0.4%的反式肉桂醛在25 ℃处理90 min、 45 ℃处理20 min、50 ℃处理10 min及55 ℃处理10 min使复原婴幼儿牛乳中阪崎克罗诺肠杆菌总数降低至检出限 以下。与反式肉桂醛及温和加热单独作用相比,反式肉桂醛结合温和加热对阪崎克罗诺肠杆菌有显著的抑杀效果 （P＜0.05）,并且随温和加热温度的升高及反式肉桂醛质量分数的增加,效果更加明显。温和加热与反式肉桂醛 结合会影响细胞膜的通透性并使细胞破碎瓦解。以上结果表明：反式肉桂醛与温和加热结合有潜力在冲调乳粉过程 中应用,从而降低阪崎克罗诺肠杆菌的感染风险。     

50种植物源化合物对阪崎克罗诺肠杆菌的抑菌活性评价

阪崎克罗诺肠杆菌（Cronobacter sakazkaii）是一种食源性条件致病菌,它能够引起菌血症、坏死性小肠 结肠炎和新生儿脑膜炎等多种疾病。本研究选取50 种植物源化合物,检测其在含C. sakazkaii培养基中抑菌圈直径 及最小抑菌浓度（minimum inhibitory concentration,MIC）,旨在评价植物源化合物对C. sakazakii的抑菌作用并筛 查优选高效抑菌剂。结果表明：使C. sakazakii ATCC 29544培养基产生可见抑菌圈的植物源化合物有40 种,其中 7 种（香芹酚、百里醌、百里酚、肉桂醛、柠檬醛、原儿茶醛和原儿茶酸）的抑菌圈平均直径不小于13 mm;在本 研究选取的50 种植物源化合物中,百里酚和香芹酚对C. sakazakii有着最强的抑制作用,对9 株C. sakazkaii的MIC均 为0.1～0.2 mg/mL;百里醌、肉桂醛、柠檬醛和原儿茶醛对C. sakazkaii有良好的抑菌效果,对C. sakazkaii的MIC为 0.30～1.25 mg/mL;阿魏酸、绿原酸、丁香酸、硫辛酸、原儿茶酸、表儿茶素、咖啡酸、丹皮酚和菊苣酸的MIC为 2.50～5.00 mg/mL。以上结果表明,部分植物源化合物对C. sakazakii有良好的抑菌作用,有潜力作为天然抑菌剂应 用于食品加工、流通、贮藏过程中,从而发挥其控制C. sakazakii的作用。     

The evaluation of a PCR-based method for identification of Salmonella enterica serotypes from environmental samples and various food matrices

The most commonly used method for serotyping Salmonella spp. is based on the Kaufmann–White scheme, and is composed of serological reactions using antibodies to LPS agglutinins. The multiplex PCR used in this investigation was established by Kim et al. to serotype the 30 most common clinical Salmonella serotypes, as determined by CDC. The PCR assay consists of two five-plex reactions and a single two-plex PCR reaction, based on six genetic loci from Salmonella enterica serotype Typhimurium and four loci from S. enterica serotype Typhi. In this investigation, we further evaluated the method for serotyping Salmonella spp. using a reference collection, environmental samples collected from a Mid-Atlantic region tomato farm study, four food matrices spiked with different Salmonella serotypes and a proficiency test. The PCR assay was first evaluated using DNA isolated from pure cultures of isolates obtained from various clinical and environmental samples, and then DNA isolated from broth cultures of food matrices of “Red round” and Roma tomatoes, Romaine lettuce, green onions and Serrano peppers spiked with serotypes Newport, Typhimurium, Javiana and Saintpaul, respectively. The results showed that the PCR assay correctly serotyped Salmonella spp. from the clinical, environmental, spiked food matrices, and proficiency test samples. These findings are significant because the PCR assay was successful in the identification of Salmonella in the spiked samples in a broth culture containing other non-salmonella organism. This method may be a useful resource for the food safety community.     

Polyphasic characterization of two microbial consortia with wide dechlorination spectra for chlorophenols

Two soil-free anaerobic dechlorinating cultures (3-CP and 35-DCP) were enriched from a pentachlorophenol (PCP)-to-phenol dechlorinating soil-dependent culture, using 3-chlorophenol (3-CP) and 3,5-dichlorophenol (3,5-DCP) as specific respective substrates, and characterized polyphasically. Physiological characterization indicated that the 3-CP and 35-DCP cultures had similar features, but with some variations. Both cultures utilized formate or acetate preferably as optimum electron donors for reductive dechlorination, and they shared similar patterns of dechlorination spectra for chlorophenols ranging from mono-CPs to a tetra-CP, with preferred dechlorination pathways in the ortho and meta positions. Alternative electron acceptors such as NO(3)(-) but not SO(4)(2-) inhibited the dechlorination activity in both cultures, while amorphous iron oxides (FeOOH) suppressed dechlorination activity only in the 35-DCP culture. Complete inhibition of dechlorination was observed in both cultures supplemented with chloramphenicol and vancomycin. The addition of 2-bromoethanesulfonate resulted in delayed dechlorination activity in the 35-DCP culture but not in the 3-CP culture; molybdate did not exert any inhibitory effect in either culture. Phylogenetic analysis based on 16S rRNA genes confirmed that the two cultures exhibited similar bacterial species but with varied responsible dechlorinators. Dehalobacter spp. were the likely dechlorinators in the 3-CP culture versus Sulfurospirillum spp. in the 35-DCP culture, with Clostridium and Clostridium-like spp. as candidate dechlorinators in both cultures.     

Lavandula luisieri essential oil as a source of antifungal drugs

This work reports the antifungal activity of Lavandula luisieri essential oils against yeast, dermatophyte and Aspergillus strains responsible for human infections and food contamination. The oil's cytotoxicity and its effect on the yeast-mycelium transition in Candida albicans, an important virulence factor, were also evaluated. Analyses by GC and GC/MS showed a peculiar composition of irregular monoterpenes. Significant differences between the samples occurred in the amounts of 1,8-cineole, fenchone and trans-α-necrodyl acetate. The oil with higher amounts of irregular monoterpenes was the most effective. The influence of the oils on the dimorphic transition in C. albicans was also studied through the germ tube inhibition assay. Filamentation was completely inhibited at concentrations sixteen times lower than the minimal inhibitory concentration. The results support the use of L. luiseiri essential oils in the development of new phytopharmaceuticals and food preservatives and emphasise its antifungal properties at concentrations not cytotoxic or with very low detrimental effects on mammalian cells.     

Selective enumeration of viable Enterobacteriaceae and Pseudomonas spp. in milk within 7 h by multicolor fluorescence in situ hybridization following microcolony formation

Rapid and simultaneous enumeration of viable Enterobacteriaceae and viable Pseudomonas spp. in milk was achieved by using multicolor fluorescence in situ hybridization (FISH) with oligonucleotide probes based on 16S ribosomal RNA (rRNA) sequences in combination with a microcolony growth method (multicolor microcolony-FISH; MMC-FISH). The procedure of MMC-FISH method is rather simple; that is milk clearing, filtration of cells, incubation, hybridization and enumeration. Enumeration of targeted bacteria in logarithmic growth phase, stationary phase, or in a starved state in milk by MMC-FISH required 5-7 h, while it took 1-3 days to test for Escherichia coli and Pseudomonas putida by the conventional culture method. The numbers of E. coli and P. putida in each phase or in a starved state in milk determined by MMC-FISH were almost the same or greater than the number of colony forming units determined by the plate counting method. The MMC-FISH allows rapid examination of contamination in milk by viable Enterobacteriaceae and Pseudomonas spp. with growth potential.     

扩展青霉拮抗菌的筛选鉴定及抗菌物质分析

为了防止水果采后青霉病的发生及青霉毒素带来的危害,本实验以扩展青霉(Penicillium expansum 3.3703)为指示菌,采用平板对峙法和双层平板琼脂扩散法筛选得到1株来源于乌龙茶的LPL-T12菌株,其发酵上清液抑菌圈直径达(22.74±0.44)mm。菌株经形态学观察、生理生化实验、16S rDNA序列及特异性PCR分析可知,LPL-T12菌株为解淀粉芽孢杆菌(Bacillus amyloliquefaciens)。菌株发酵液通过硫酸铵沉淀及不同孔径透析袋截留后,粗提物经抑菌活性检测、蛋白酶及热处理分析可知,该抗菌物质为分子质量在8000D以上的热敏感蛋白类物质。     

Quantitative analysis of phenolic compounds in Chinese hawthorn (Crataegus spp.) fruits by high performance liquid chromatography–electrospray ionisation mass spectrometry

Eleven major phenolic compounds (hyperoside, isoquercitrin, chlorogenic acid, ideain, epicatechin, two procyanidin (PA) dimers, three PA trimers and a PA dimer-hexoside) were quantified in the fruits of 22 cultivars/origins of three species of the Chinese hawthorn (Crataegus spp.) by HPLC–ESI-MS-SIR. Hyperoside (0.1–0.8 mg/g dry mass [DM]), isoquercitrin (0.1–0.3 mg/g DM), chlorogenic acid (0.2–1.6 mg/g DM), epicatechin (0.9–11.7 mg/g DM), PA B2 (0.7–12.4 mg/g DM), PA dimer II (0.1–1.5 mg/g DM), PA trimer I (0.1–2.7 mg/g DM), PA trimer II (0.7–6.9 mg/g DM), PA trimer III (0.01–1.2 mg/g DM) and a PA dimer-hexoside (trace–1.1 mg/g DM) were detected in all the samples. Ideain (0.0–0.7 mg/g DM) was found in all the samples except Crataegus scabrifolia. Significant correlations between the contents of individual PA aglycons were observed (r > 0.9, P < 0.01). A strong correlation between flavonols was also shown (r = 0.71, P < 0.01). Fruits of Crataegus pinnatifida var. major had higher contents of PAs but lower contents of flavonols compared with Crataegus brettschneideri. The fruits of C. scabrifolia contained the highest level of PA dimer-hexoside, which was present in trace amounts in the fruits of C. pinnatifida.     

Incidence and antibiotic resistance of Salmonella spp. on raw chicken carcasses

The current study was carried out to detect Salmonella spp. contamination on chicken carcasses and to determine the antibiotic susceptibility profiles and serotype distribution of the isolates. A total of 200 packaged fresh raw chicken samples sold at retail in different markets in central Anatolia were analysed between April 2005 and March 2006. Salmonella spp. was detected in 34% (68/200) of samples using cultural technique and were confirmed by PCR. Ten Salmonella serovars were identified; predominant ones included Typhimurium, Infantis and Heidelberg. All of the Salmonella spp. isolates tested, exhibited resistance to one or more antimicrobial agents used. Resistance to penicillin, oxacillin, clindamycin, vancomycin, erythromycin and ampicillin were evident 100%, 97%, 97%, 92.6%, 89.7% and 85.2%, respectively. Also resistance to tetracycline (67.6%), streptomycin (61.7%), neomycin (55.8%) and cephalothin (52.9%) was observed but a small percentage of the isolates demonstrated resistance to gentamicin (14.7%), chloramphenicol (10.2%), cefotaxime (2.9%) and amikacin (2.9%). As a result, high prevalence of Salmonella spp. and the relatively high resistance among the bacteria tested could pose public health and therapeutic problems in consumers as potential vehicle of resistant Salmonella foodborne infections. To avoid Salmonella contamination, hygienic rules of slaughter and poultry meat processing must be rigorously observed and antibiotic use must be controlled by governmental agencies to prevent increased resistance of antibiotics.     

市售婴幼儿米粉中克罗诺杆菌的分子分型和耐药分析

为了解婴幼儿配方米粉中克罗诺杆菌的污染情况、分子分型特征及耐药性情况,采集广西区内市售6个厂家和品牌不同配方的婴幼儿米粉进行克罗诺杆菌分离及fusA基因的扩增、测序和MLST数据库比对分析。并应用脉冲场凝胶电泳（PFGE）对菌株进行分型鉴定及微量肉汤稀释法测定分离株对8种常见抗生素的最小抑菌浓度（Minimal Inhibitory Concentrations,MICs）。采集的268份婴幼儿米粉共分离到32株克罗诺杆菌,检出率为11.94%,菌株鉴定结果显示32株分离株包括22株C.sakazakii、6株C.malonaticus、3株C.dublinensis和1株C.muytjensii。不同添加成分的婴幼儿配方米粉污染情况差异明显,其中添加淮莲和果蔬的米粉污染率最高为17.78%和15.38%。PFGE分析显示32个菌株共分成32种不同的分子型,相似度为61.20%~92.30%,所有分离株对环丙沙星、庆大霉素和头孢噻肟都敏感,部分菌株（6.25%~43.75%）对氯霉素、四环素、甲氧苄啶/磺胺甲基异恶唑、头孢西丁和萘啶酸表现为中等敏感,有2个菌株对氯霉素表现为抗性。结果表明市售婴幼儿配方米粉中存在一定的克罗诺杆菌污染,尤其是添加营养成分的米粉。婴幼儿配方米粉中克罗诺杆菌污染来源广泛,部分菌株对一些抗菌药表现为中等敏感甚至是抗性,提示克罗诺杆菌对抗菌药的敏感性呈现减弱的趋势。