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Prevalence and Toxin Characteristics of Bacillus cereus Isolated from Drinking Cups in Spring

약수터 음용도구의 Bacillus cereus 분포 및 독소 특성

  • Jo, Ah-Hyeon (Department of Food Science and Technology, SunChon National University) ;
  • Choi, Ha-Na (Department of Food Science and Technology, SunChon National University) ;
  • Heo, Dan-Bi (Department of Food Science and Technology, SunChon National University) ;
  • Kwon, Sun-Mok (Department of Food Science and Technology, SunChon National University) ;
  • Kim, Jung-Beom (Department of Food Science and Technology, SunChon National University)
  • 조아현 (순천대학교 식품공학과) ;
  • 최하나 (순천대학교 식품공학과) ;
  • 허단비 (순천대학교 식품공학과) ;
  • 권순목 (순천대학교 식품공학과) ;
  • 김중범 (순천대학교 식품공학과)
  • Received : 2016.10.19
  • Accepted : 2016.12.19
  • Published : 2017.02.28

Abstract

The purpose of this study was to investigate the microbiological contamination of water and drinking cups in springs and to estimate the toxin gene, enterotoxin production ability and antibiotic susceptibility of foodborne pathogens. Ten spring water and 34 drinking cups were tested. The average number of total aerobic bacteria and coliform bacteria in spring water were 1.8 log CFU/mL and 1.2 log CFU/mL, and in drinking cups were $4.7log\;CFU/100cm^2$ and $1.7log\;CFU/100cm^2$. Salmonella spp., Staphylococcus aureus, E. coli O157:H7, Listeria monocytogenes, Vibrio parahaemolyticus, Yersinia enterocolitica were not isolated from all of samples but Bacillus cereus was detected in 5 (14.7%) of 34 drinking cups. The nheA and entFM genes were major enterotoxin genes in B. cereus isolated from drinking cups. All of B. cereus tested in this study produce non-heamolytic enterotoxin but only 2 isolates possessed heamolysin BL enterotoxin producing ability. B. cereus was resistant to ${\beta}-lactam$ antibiotics. These results revealed that the sanitary conditions of drinking cups in spring should be improved promptly. The substitution carrying a personal drinking cup for the public drinking cups equipped in springs is suggested to prevent food-borne illness.

본 연구는 약수와 약수터 음용도구의 일반세균수, 대장균군수 및 식중독세균 오염도를 평가하여 약수와 음용도구의 미생물학적 안전성을 평가하고자 하였다. 약수터 10곳의 약수와 약수터에 비치되어 있는 음용도구 34건을 실험대상으로 하였다. 약수의 경우 일반세균수는 평균 1.8 log CFU/mL 검출되었고 음용도구의 경우 평균 $4.7log\;CFU/100cm^2$ 검출되었다. 위생지표미생물인 대장균군의 경우 약수는 평균 1.2 log CFU/mL 검출되었고 음용도구는 평균 $1.7log\;CFU/100cm^2$ 검출되었다. B. cereus, S. aureus, Salmonella spp., E. coli O157:H7, L. monocytogenes, V. parahaemolyticus, Y. enterocolitica를 실험한 결과 약수와 음용도구에서 Y. enterocolitica 등 6종의 식중독 미생물은 검출되지 않았으나, B. cereus는 음용 도구 34건 중 5건 (14.7%) 검출되었다. 약수터 음용도구에서 분리된 B. cereus의 주요 설사독소 유전자는 nheA와 entFM로 나타났다. B. cereus 5균주는 모두 NHE 설사 독소를 생산하였으나 HBL은 2균주에서만 검출되었다. 항생제 감수성 실험결과 oxacillin 등 ${\beta}-lactam$계 항생제에 내성을 나타내었다. 약수터 음용도구의 미생물 오염도와 분리된 B. cereus의 독소 유전자 및 독소 단백질 생산능을 분석한 결과 약수터에 비치된 음용도구에 의한 식중독 위험성이 상존하는 것으로 나타났다. 따라서 다중이 사용하는 약수터 음용도구의 철저한 위생관리가 필요하며 위생관리가 곤란할 경우 개인 컵을 이용하거나 미생물 안전성을 확보할 수 있는 음용도구 개발이 필요한 것으로 판단되었다.

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