Strain-specific Recovery of S. sonnei from Artificially Contaminated Baby Carrots: Enhancing Food-safety Investigations with a Customized Shigella Detection Method Based on Genomically predicted Antibiotic Resistance Traits
IF 2.1 4区 农林科学Q3 BIOTECHNOLOGY & APPLIED MICROBIOLOGY
Lang Yao , Ashley Cooper , Calvin Ho-Fung Lau , Alex Wong , Burton W. Blais , Catherine D. Carrillo
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Abstract
Shigella spp. are Gram-negative gastrointestinal bacterial pathogens that cause bacillary dysentery or shigellosis in humans. Isolation of Shigella from outbreak-associated foods is often problematic due to the lack of selectivity of cultural enrichment broths. To facilitate Shigella recovery from foods, we have developed strain-specific enrichment media based on the genomically-predicted antimicrobial resistance (AMR) features of an outbreak-associated Shigella sonnei strain harboring resistance genes for streptomycin (STR) and trimethoprim (TMP). To assess performance of the method, baby carrots were artificially contaminated with the S. sonnei strain at low (2.4 CFU), medium (23.5 CFU), and high levels (235 CFU) along with 10-fold higher levels of a Shigella-inhibiting Escherichia coli strain. The target S. sonnei strain was successfully recovered from artificially-contaminated baby carrots when enriched in modified Tryptone Soya Broth (mTSB) supplemented with TMP, whereas Shigella was not recovered from Shigella broth (SB) or SB supplemented with STR. Quantitative PCR analysis indicated that supplementation of the enrichment broths with TMP or STR increased the relative proportion of S. sonnei in enrichment cultures, except at the lowest inoculation level for STR. Microbiome profiling of the baby carrot enrichment cultures conducted by 16S rRNA gene sequencing indicated that both SB-STR and mTSB-TMP repressed the growth of competing Enterobacteriaceae in the enrichment cultures, relative to SB without supplementation. Overall, improved Shigella recovery was achieved with the addition of the appropriate custom selective agent during cultural enrichments demonstrating that genomically informed custom selective enrichment of Shigella could be a valuable tool for supporting future foodborne shigellosis outbreak investigations.
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The Journal of Food Protection® (JFP) is an international, monthly scientific journal in the English language published by the International Association for Food Protection (IAFP). JFP publishes research and review articles on all aspects of food protection and safety. Major emphases of JFP are placed on studies dealing with:
Tracking, detecting (including traditional, molecular, and real-time), inactivating, and controlling food-related hazards, including microorganisms (including antibiotic resistance), microbial (mycotoxins, seafood toxins) and non-microbial toxins (heavy metals, pesticides, veterinary drug residues, migrants from food packaging, and processing contaminants), allergens and pests (insects, rodents) in human food, pet food and animal feed throughout the food chain;
Microbiological food quality and traditional/novel methods to assay microbiological food quality;
Prevention of food-related hazards and food spoilage through food preservatives and thermal/non-thermal processes, including process validation;
Food fermentations and food-related probiotics;
Safe food handling practices during pre-harvest, harvest, post-harvest, distribution and consumption, including food safety education for retailers, foodservice, and consumers;
Risk assessments for food-related hazards;
Economic impact of food-related hazards, foodborne illness, food loss, food spoilage, and adulterated foods;
Food fraud, food authentication, food defense, and foodborne disease outbreak investigations.