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Combination of Enrichment and PCR in Rapid Semi-Quantification of Bacillus cereus in Fresh-Cut Vegetables

  • Choi, Yukyung (Risk Analysis Research Center, Sookmyung Women's University) ;
  • Lee, Sujung (Department of Food and Nutrition, Sookmyung Women's University) ;
  • Yoon, Yohan (Risk Analysis Research Center, Sookmyung Women's University)
  • Received : 2020.06.18
  • Accepted : 2020.07.29
  • Published : 2020.08.30
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Abstract

Widespread consumption of fresh-cut vegetables without cooking results in ingestion of major foodborne pathogens including Bacillus cereus. In this study, we aimed to develop a method to rapidly detect B. cereus in fresh-cut vegetables by combining commercial PCR analysis with enrichment of the pathogenic levels. A mixture of B. cereus strains (KCTC1013, KCTC1014, KCTC1092, KCTC1094, and KCTC3624) was inoculated on the surface of fresh-cut cabbage lettuce (20 g) and baby leafy vegetables (10 g) to concentration 1, 2, 3, 4, and 5 log CFU/g. Eighty milliliters of TSB with 0.15% polymyxin B was used for cabbage lettuce, and 90 mL of medium was used for baby leafy vegetables and incubated at 42℃ for 0, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, and 7 h. One milliliter of the enriched media was plated on mannitol-egg yolk-polymyxin agar for quantification, and another 1 mL was used for DNA extraction for PCR analysis. Additionally, the minimum number of sub-samples to be tested from a pack of fresh-cut vegetable samples was determined using 5 sub-samples. The results from this study showed that for detecting B. cereus in fresh-cut cabbage lettuce, 3, 4, 5, 6, and 7 h enrichment were required to at least detect 5, 4, 3, 2, and 1 log CFU/g of B. cereus, respectively. B. cereus in fresh-cut baby leafy vegetables could be detected after 2, 3, 4, 5, and 6 h of enrichment at 5, 4, 3, 2, and 1 log CFU/g, respectively, using a combination of enrichment and PCR analysis. To determine if a pack of fresh-cut vegetable is positive, the minimum number of sub-samples should be 3. These results can be used to develop a rapid detection method to semi-quantify B. cereus in fresh-cut vegetable samples combining enrichment and PCR.

신선편이채소는 주로 가열하지 않은 채로 많이 섭취되는 식품으로, 신선편이채소 섭취로 인한 식중독 사고의 위험이 지속적으로 발생하고 있다. 특히, 바실러스 세레우스는 전 세계적으로 신선편이채소에서 검출되고 있는 주요 병원성 세균이다. 본 연구에서는 신선편이채소에서 바실러스 세레우스를 신속하게 검출하기 위해 증균배양과 PCR 분석법을 조합하여 반정량 신속검출법을 개발하였다. 신선편이 양상추와 어린잎채소를 대상으로, 바실러스 세레우스 균주(KCTC1013, KCTC1014, KCTC1092, KCTC1094, KCTC3624)의 최종농도가 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 log CFU/g이 되도록 접종시킨 후 0.15% polymyxin B를 포함한 TSB 배지를 이용하여 42℃에서 0, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7 시간 동안 증균배양하였다. 증균배양액 1 mL을 취하여 mannitol-egg yolk-polymyxin agar에 배양한 후 균수를 정량하였고, 1 mL의 증균배양액에서 DNA를 추출한 후 PCR 분석을 진행하였다. 또한, 신선편이채소 시료(sample)에 대한 바실러스 세레우스 검출결과를 정확하게 판단하기 위해 신선편이채소 시료(sample)의 최소분석 sub-sample수를 확인하고자, 5개의 sub-sample을 이용하여 분석하였다. 증균배양과 PCR 분석법을 이용하여 확인한 연구결과, 신선편이 양상추에 접종되어 있는 5, 4, 3, 2, 1 log CFU/g의 바실러스 세레우스는 3, 4, 5, 6, 7 시간 증균배양 후에 검출되었고, 신선편이 어린잎채소에 접종되어 있는 5, 4, 3, 2, 1 log CFU/g의 바실러스 세레우스는 2, 3, 4, 5 시간동안 증균 배양한 후에 검출되었다. 또한, 신선편이채소 시료(sample)의 최소분석 sub-sample수는 3개로 확인되었다. 본 연구결과는 신선편이채소에 오염되어 있는 바실러스 세레우스의 반정량 신속검출법으로 활용될 수 있을 것이라 판단된다.

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