Journal of Food Hygiene and Safety (한국식품위생안전성학회지)

The Korean Society of Food Hygiene and Safety (한국식품위생안전성학회)
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Detection of Escherichia coli O157:H7, Listeria monocytogenes, Salmonella spp. and Staphylococcus aureus using duplex real-time PCR assay with melting curve analysis on fresh lettuce

  • Lee, Na-Ri (Food Safety Research Division, Korea Food Research Institute) ;
  • Kwon, Kyung-Yoon (Food Safety Research Division, Korea Food Research Institute) ;
  • Choi, Sung-Wook (Food Safety Research Division, Korea Food Research Institute) ;
  • Koo, Min-Seon (Food Safety Research Division, Korea Food Research Institute) ;
  • Chun, Hyang-Sook (Food Safety Research Division, Korea Food Research Institute)
  • Received : 2011.04.13
  • Accepted : 2011.05.17
  • Published : 2011.06.30
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Abstract

In this study, two duplex real-time PCR approach with melting curve analysis is presented for the detection of Escherichia coli O157:H7, Listeria monocytogenes, Salmonella spp. and Staphylococcus aureus, which are important food-borne bacterial pathogens usually present in fresh and/or minimally processed vegetables. Reaction conditions were adjusted for the simultaneous amplification and detection of specific fragments in the ${\beta}$-glucuronidase (uidA, E. coli), thermonuclease (nuc, S. aureus), hemolycin (hly, L. monocytogenes) and tetrathionate reductase (ttr, Salmonella spp.) genes. Melting curve analysis using a SYBR Green I real-time PCR approach showed characteristic $T_m$ values demonstrating the specific and efficient amplification of the four pathogens; $80.6{\pm}0.9^{\circ}C$, $86.9{\pm}0.5^{\circ}C$, $80.4{\pm}0.6^{\circ}C$ and $88.1{\pm}0.11^{\circ}C$ for S. aureus, E. coli O157:H7, L. monocytogenes and Salmonella spp., respectively. For all the pathogens, the two duplex, real-time PCR was equally sensitive to uniplex real-time PCR, using same amounts of purified DNA, and allowed detection of 10 genome equivalents. When our established duplex real-time PCR assay was applied to artificially inoculated fresh lettuce, the detection limit was $10^3$ CFU/g for each of these pathogens without enrichment. The results from this study showed that the developed duplex real-time PCR with melting curve analysis is promising as a rapid and cost-effective test method for improving food safety.

본 연구에서는 신선편의 채소와 과일에서 주로 검출되는 대장균(E. coli Ol577:H7), 리스테리아(L. monocytogenes), 살모넬라(Salmonella, spp.), 형색포도상구균(S. aureus)을 검출하고 동정할 수 있는 real time PCR 방법을 melting curve 분석을 활용하여 single tube 반응으로 두 종의 식중독균을 동시 검출하는 방법을 개발하고자 하였다. 대장균의 ${\beta}$-glucuronidase (uidA), 황색포도상구균의 thermonuclease (nuc), 리스테리아의 hemolycin (hly), 살모넬라의 tetrahionate reductase (ttr) 를 특이적으로 검출할 수 있는 4종의 프라이머 세트에 대한 real-time PCR의 melting curve 분석을 통하여 황색포도상구균과 대장균 동시분석 시 $T_m$ 값이 $80.6{\pm}0.9^{\circ}C$와 $86.9{\pm}0.5^{\circ}C$, 리스테리아와 살모넬라 동시분석 시 Tm 값이 $80.4{\pm}0.6^{\circ}C$와 $88.1{\pm}0.11^{\circ}C$로 확인하였고, 그 결과 정제되어진 각 식중독균의 genomic DNA를 주형으로 한 duplex real-time PCR 방법이 uniplex real-time PCR 방법과 마찬가지로 10 genome equivalents 까지 검출할 수 있는 민감도를 나타내었다. 또한, 양배추에 네 종의 식중독균을 접종하고, 증균배양 없이 DNA를 추출하여 duplex real-time PCR 을 수행한 결과 모든 식종목균에서 $10^3$ CFU/g의 검출 한계를 나타내었다. 결과적으로 개발된 melting curve 분석을 이용한 duplex real-time PCR 방법은 식품안전 증진을 위한 시간, 노동력, 비용 절감에 있어서 유효한 방법이 될 것으로 판단된다.

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