Improved Laboratory Enrichment for Enterohemorrhagic Escherichia coli by Exposure to Extremely Acidic Conditions

Applied and Environmental Microbiology

Volumn 70, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 1226-1230

  Grant, Michael A ^a  

^a CENTER FOR DRUG EVALUATION AND RESEARCH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CELL CULTURE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FOOD PRODUCTS;

DRUG ADMINISTRATION; ENRICHMENT PROTOCOL;

MICROBIOLOGY;

MICROBIOLOGY;

ACIDITY; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIUM CULTURE; ENRICHMENT CULTURE; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; ESCHERICHIA COLI O157; FOOD ANALYSIS; FOOD AND DRUG ADMINISTRATION; NONHUMAN; PH;

BACTERIOLOGICAL TECHNIQUES; COLONY COUNT, MICROBIAL; CULTURE MEDIA; ESCHERICHIA COLI; ESCHERICHIA COLI O157; HEAT-SHOCK RESPONSE; HUMANS; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA COLI; NEGIBACTERIA;

EID: 2342595123     PISSN: 00992240     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AEM.70.2.1226-1230.2004     Document Type: Article

References (20)

1. Browne, N., and B. C. A. Dowds. 2002. Acid stress in the food pathogen Bacillus cereus. J. Appl. Microbiol. 92:404-414.
2. Chapman, P. A., C. A. Siddons, P. M. Zadik, and L. Jewes. 1991. An improved selective medium for the isolation of Escherichia coli O157. J. Med. Microbiol. 35:107-110.
3. Chart, H. 2000. VTEC enteropathogenicity. J. Appl. Microbiol. 88:12S-23S.
4. Cray, W. C., D. O. Abbott, F. J. Beacorn, and S. T. Benson. 2001. Detection, isolation and identification of Escherichia coli O157:H7 and O157:NM(non-motile) from meat products. In USDA/FSIS microbiology laboratory guide-book, p. 5.1-5.13. [Online] Food Safety and Inspection Service, U.S. Department of Agriculture, Washington, D.C. http://www.fsis.usda.gov/ophs/microlab/mlgbook.htm.
5. Feng, P. 1993. Identification of Escherichia coli serotype O157:H7 by DNA probe specific for an allele of uid A gene. Mol. Cell. Probes. 7:151-154.
6. Feng, P., and S. D. Weagant. September 2002, posting date. Diarrheagenic Escherichia coli, Chapter 4a. In Bacteriological analytical manual online. [Online.] U.S. Food and Drug Administration, Gaithersburg, Md. http://www.cfsan.fda.gov/~ebam./bam-toc.html.
7. Fey, P. D., R. S. Wickert, M. E. Rupp, T. J. Safranek, and S. H. Hinrichs. 2000. Prevalence of non-O157:H7 Shiga toxin-producing Escherichia coli in diarrheal stool samples from Nebraska. Emerg. Infect. Dis. 6:530-533.
8. Grant, M. A. 1997. A new membrane filtration medium for simultaneous detection and enumeration of Escherichia coli and total coliforms. Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 63:3526-3530.
9. Grant, M. A., S. D. Weagant, and P. Feng. 2001. Glutamate decarboxylase genes as a prescreening marker for detection of pathogenic Escherichia coli groups. Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 67:3110-3114.
10. Grant, S. B., C. P. Pendroy, C. L. Mayer, J. K. Bellin, and C. J. Palmer. 1996. Prevalence of Enterohemorrhagic Escherichia coli in raw and treated municipal sewage. Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 62:3466-3469.
11. Leenanon, B., and M. A. Drake. 2001. Acid stress, starvation, and cold stress affect poststress behavior of Escherichia coli O157:H7 and nonpathogenic Escherichia coli. J. Food Prot. 64:970-974.
12. Li, Y., R. E. Brackett, R. L. Shewfelt, and L. R. Beauchat. 2001. Changes in appearance and natural microflora on iceberg lettuce treated in warm, chlorinated water and then stored at refrigeration temperature. Food Microbiol. 18:299-308.
13. Lindow, S. E., and M. T. Brandl. 2003. Microbiology of the phyllosphere. Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 69:1875-1883.
14. Secretary, Standing Committee of Analysts. 2002. The microbiology of drinking water, part 4. Methods for the isolation and enumeration of coliform bacteria and Escherichia coli (including E. coli O157:H7). [Online.] http://www.environment-agency.gov.uk/commondata/105385/mdwpart4.pdf?lang=_e.
15. Tetteh, G. L., and L. R. Beuchat. 2001. Sensitivity of acid-adapted and acid-shocked Shigella flexneri to reduced pH achieved with acetic, lactic and propionic acids. J. Food Prot. 64:975-981.
16. U.S. Food and Drug Administration. 2002. Bacteriological analytical manual, media index, reagents index. [Online.] U.S. Food and Drug Administration, Gaithersburg, Md. http://www.cfsan.fda.gov/~ebam/bam-mi.html.
17. Warburton, D. 2001. Isolation of E. coli O157:H7 in foods. [Online.] Government of Canada, Health Products and Food Branch, Ottawa, Ontario. http://www.hc-sc.gc.ca/food-aliment/mh-dm/mhe-dme/compendium/volume_3/ e_mflp8001.html.
18. Weagant, S. D., J. D. Bryant, and K. G. Jinneman. 1995. An improved rapid technique for isolation of Escherichia coli O157:H7 from foods. J. Food Prot. 58:7-12.
19. Willshaw, G. A., T. Cheasty, and H. R. Smith. 2000. Escherichia coli. The microbiological safety and quality of food, p. 1136-1178. In B. M. Lund, T. C. Baird, and G. W. Gould (ed.), The microbiological safety and quality of food. Aspen Publishers, Gaithersburg, Md.
20. Zadik, P. M., P. A. Chapman, and C. A. Siddons. 1993. Use of tellurite for the selection of verocytotoxigenic Escherichia coli O157. J. Med. Microbiol. 39:155-158.