Tracking spore-forming bacterial contaminants in fluid milk-processing systems

Journal of Dairy Science

Volumn 90, Issue 10, 2007, Pages 4872-4883

  Huck, J R ^a   Hammond, B H ^a   Murphy, S C ^a   Woodcock, N H ^a   Boor, K J ^a  

^a Department of Molecular Biology and Genetics   (United States)

Author keywords

Bacillus; Bacterial subtyping; Milk; Paenibacillus

Indexed keywords

BACILLUS (BACTERIUM); BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); PAENIBACILLUS;

EID: 35748976838     PISSN: 00220302     EISSN: 15253198     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3168/jds.2007-0196     Document Type: Article

References (51)

1. Aanensen, D. M., and B. G. Spratt. 2005. The multilocus sequence typing network: mlst.net. Nucleic Acids Res. 33:W728-W733.
2. Aires-de-Sousa, M., K. Boye, H. de Lencastre, A. Deplano, M. C. Enright, J. Etienne, A. Friedrich, D. Harmsen, A. Holmes, X. W. Huijsdens, A. M. Kearns, A. Mellmann, H. Meugnier, J. K. Rasheed, E. Spalburg, B. Strommenger, M. J. Struelens, F. C. Tenover, J. Thomas, U. Vogel, H. Westh, J. Xu, and W. Witte. 2006. High interlaboratory reproducibility of DNA sequence-based typing of bacteria in a multicenter study. J. Clin. Microbiol. 44:619-621.
3. Ash, C., A. E. Farrow, S. Wallbanks, and M. D. Collins. 1991. Phylogenese heterogeneity of the genus Bacillus revealed by comparative analysis of small-subunit-ribosomal RNA sequences. Lett. Appl. Microbiol. 13:202-206.
4. Ash, C., F. G. Priest, and M. D. Collins. 1993. Molecular identification of rRNA group 3 bacilli (Ash, Farrow, Wallbanks and Collins) using a PCR probe test. Proposal for the creation of a new genus Paenibacillus. Antonie Van Leeuwenhoek 64:253-260.
5. Christiansson, A., J. Bertilsson, and B. Svensson. 1999. Bacillus cereus spores in raw milk: Factors affecting the contamination of milk during the grazing period. J. Dairy Sci. 82:305-314.
6. Claus, D., and D. Fritze. 1989. Taxonomy of Bacillus. Pages 5-26 in Biotechnology Handbooks. Vol. 2, Bacillus. C. R. Harwood, ed. Plenum Press, New York, NY.
7. Collins, E. B. 1981. Heat resistant psychrotrophic organisms. J. Dairy Sci. 64:157-160.
8. Crielly, E. M., N. A. Logan, and A. Anderton. 1994. Studies on the Bacillus flora of milk and milk products. J. Appl. Bacteriol. 77:256-263.
9. Douglas, S. A., M. J. Gray, A. D. Crandall, and K. J. Boor. 2000. Characterization of chocolate milk spoilage patterns. J. Food Prot. 63:516-521.
10. Drancourt, M., V. Roux, P. E. Fournier, and D. Raoult. 2004. rpoB gene sequence-based identification of aerobic Gram positive cocci of the genera Strepococcus, Enterococcus, Gemella, Abiotrophia and Granulicatella. J. Clin. Microbiol. 42:497-504.
11. Dufrenne, J., M. Bijwaard, M. te Giffel, R. Beumer, and S. Notermans. 1995. Characteristics of some psychrotrophic Bacillus cereus isolates. Int. J. Food Microbiol. 27:175-183.
12. Durak, M. Z., H. I. Fromm, J. R. Huck, R. N. Zadoks, and K. J. Boor. 2006. Development of molecular typing methods for Bacillus spp. and Paenibacillus spp. isolated from fluid milk products. J. Food Sci. 71:50-56.
13. Eiroa, M. N., V. C. Junqueira, and F. L. Schmidt. 1999. Alicyclobacillus in orange juice: Occurrence and heat resistance of spores. J. Food Prot. 62:883-886.
14. Frank, J. F., and A. E. Yousef. 2004. Tests for groups of micro-organisms. Pages 227-248 in Standard Methods for the Examination of Dairy Products. 17th ed. M. Wehr, ed. Am. Public Health Assoc., Washington, DC.
15. Fromm, H. I., and K. J. Boor. 2004. Characterization of pasteurized fluid milk shelf-life attributes. J. Food Sci. 69:207-214.
16. Fugett, E. B. 2006. Development of molecular subtyping databases to improve control of Listeria monocytogenes. MS Thesis. Cornell University, Ithaca, NY.
17. Griesen, K., M. Loeffelholz, A. Purohit, and D. Leong. 1994. PCR primers and probes for the 16S rRNA gene of most species of pathogenic bacteria, including bacteria found in the cerebrospinal fluid. J. Clin. Microbiol. 32:335-351.
18. Griffiths, M. W., and J. D. Phillips. 1990. Incidence, source and some properties of psychrotrophic Bacillus spp. found in raw and pasteurized milk. J. Soc. Dairy Technol. 43:62-66.
19. Guinebretiere, M. H., O. Berge, P. Normand, C. Morris, F. Carlin, and C. Nguyen. 2001. Identification of bacteria in pasteurized zucchini purees stored at different temperatures and comparison with those found in other pasteurized vegetable purees. Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 67:4520-4530.
20. Huck, J. R., N. H. Woodcock, R. D. Ralyea, and K. J. Boor. 2007. Molecular subtyping and characterization of psychrotolerant endospore-forming bacteria in two New York State fluid milk processing systems. J. Food Prot. 70: (in press)
21. Kabuki, D. Y., A. Y. Kuaye, M. Wiedmann, and K. J. Boor. 2004. Molecular subtyping and tracking of Listeria monocytogenes in Latin-style fresh-cheese processing plants. J. Dairy Sci. 87:2803-2812.
22. Klappenbach, J. A., P. R. Saxman, J. R. Cole, and T. M. Schmidt. 2001. rrndb: The Ribosomal RNA Operon Copy Number Database. Nucleic Acids Res. 29:181-184.
23. Labots, H., G. Hup, and T. E. Galesfoot. 1965. Bacillus cereus in raw and pasteurized milk. III. The contamination of raw milk with Bacillus cereus spores during its production. Neth. Milk Dairy J. 19:191-221.
24. Lin, S., H. Schraft, J. A. Odumeru, and M. W. Griffiths. 1998. Identification of contamination sources of Bacillus cereus in pasteurized milk. Int. J. Food Microbiol. 43:159-171.
25. Logan, N. A., and R. C. Berkeley. 1984. Identification of Bacillus strains using the API system. J. Gen. Microbiol. 130:1871-1882.
26. Lukasova, J., J. Vyhnalkova, and Z. Pacova. 2001. Bacillus species in raw milk and in the farm environment. Milchwissenschaft 56:609-611.
27. McGinnis, S., and T. L. Madden. 2004. BLAST: At the core of a powerful and diverse set of sequence analysis tools. Nucleic Acids Res. 32:W20-W25.
28. McKinnon, C. H., and G. L. Pettipher. 1983. A survey of sources of heat-resistance bacteria in milk with particular reference to psychrotrophic spore-forming bacteria during transport, storage and processing. J. Dairy Res. 50:163-170.
29. Meer, R. R., J. Baker, F. W. Bodyfelt, and M. W. Griffiths. 1991. Psychrotrophic Bacillus spp. in fluid milk products: A review. J. Food Prot. 54:969-979.
30. Odumeru, J. A., M. Steele, L. Fruhner, C. Larkin, J. Jiang, E. Mann, and W. B. McNab. 1999. Evaluation of accuracy and repeatability of identification of food-borne pathogens by automated bacterial identification systems. J. Clin. Microbiol. 37:944-949.
31. Olive, D. M., and P. Bean. 1999. Principles and applications of methods for DNA-based typing of microbial organisms. J. Clin. Microbiol. 37:1661-1669.
32. Pacova, Z., P. Svec, L. P. Stenfors, M. Vyletelova, and I. Sedlacek. 2003. Isolation of psychrotolerant species Bacillus cereus from raw cow's milk. Czech J. Anim. Sci. 48:93-96.
33. Pettipher, G. L., M. E. Osmundson, and J. M. Murphy. 1997. Methods for the detection and enumeration of Alicyclobacillus acidoterrestris and investigation of growth and production of taint in fruit juice and fruit juice-containing drinks. Lett. Appl. Microbiol. 24:185-189.
34. Pires, M. N., and L. Seldin. 1997. Evaluation of Biolog system for identification of strains of Paenibacillus azotofixans. Antonie Van Leeuwenhoek 71:195-200.
35. Ralyea, R. D., M. Wiedmann, and K. J. Boor. 1998. Bacterial tracking in a dairy production system using phenotypic and ribotyping methods. J. Food Prot. 61:1336-1340.
36. Rothman, R. E., M. D. Majmudar, G. D. Kelen, G. Madico, C. A. Gaydos, T. Walker, and T. C. Quinn. 2002. Detection of bacteremia in emergency department patients at risk for infective endocarditis using universal 16S rRNA primers in a decontaminated polymerase chain reaction assay. J. Infect. Dis. 186:1677-1681.
37. Rozas, J., and R. Rozas. 1999. DnaSP version 3: An integrated program for molecular population genetics and molecular evolution analysis. Bioinformatics 15:174-175.
38. Schraft, H., M. Steele, B. McNab, J. Odumeru, and M. W. Griffiths. 1996. Epidemiological typing of Bacillus spp. isolated from food. Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 62:4229-4232.
39. Shehata, T. E., and E. B. Collins. 1971. Isolation and identification of psychrotrophic strains of Bacillus from milk. Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 21:466-473.
40. Slaghuis, B. A., M. C. T. Giffel, R. R. Beumer, and G. Andre. 1997. Effect of pasturing on the incidence of Bacillus cereus spores in raw milk. Int. Dairy J. 7:201-205.
41. Sneath, P. H. A. 1986. Endospore-forming Gram-positive rods and cocci. Pages 1104-1207 in Bergey's Manual of Systematic Bacteriology. Vol. 2. The Williams and Wilkins Co., Baltimore, MD.
42. Sutherland, A. D., and R. Murdoch. 1994, Seasonal occurrence of psychrotrophic Bacillus species in raw milk, and studies on the interactions with mesophilic Bacillus spp. Int. J. Food Microbiol. 21:279-292.
43. Svensson, B., A. Eneroth, J. Brendehaug, and A. Christiansson. 1999. Investigation of Bacillus cereus contamination sites in a dairy plant with RAPD-PCR. Int. Dairy J. 9:903-912.
44. Swaminathan, B., T. J. Barrett, S. B. Hunter, and R. V. Tauxe. 2001. PulseNet: The molecular subtyping network for foodborne bacterial disease surveillance, United States. Emerg. Infect. Dis. 7:382-389.
45. te Giffel, M. C., R. R. Beumer, M. H. Bonestroo, and F. M. Rombouts. 1996. Incidence and characterization of Bacillus cereus in two dairy processing plants. Neth. Milk Dairy J. 50:479-492.
46. te Giffel, M. C., R. R. Beumer, B. A. Slaghuis, and F. M. Rombouts. 1995. Occurrence and characterization of (psychrotrophic) Bacillus cereus on farms in the Netherlands. Neth. Milk Dairy J. 49:125-128.
47. te Giffel, M. C., A. Wagendorp, A. Herrewegh, and F. Driehuis. 2002. Bacterial spores in silage and raw milk. Antonie Van Leeuwenhoek 81:625-630.
48. Teng, J. L., P. C. Woo, K. W. Leung, S. K. Lau, M. K. Wong, and K. Y. Yuen. 2003. Pseudobacteraemia in a patient with neutropenic fever caused by a novel Paenibacillus species: Paenibacillus hongkongensis sp. nov. Mol. Pathol. 56:29-35.
49. van Netten, P., and J. M. Kramer. 1992. Media for the detection and enumeration of Bacillus cereus in foods: A review. Int. J. Food Microbiol. 17:85-99.
50. Wiedmann, M. 2002. Subtyping of bacterial foodborne pathogens. Nutr. Rev. 60:201-208.
51. Wisotzkey, J. D., P. Jurtshuk Jr., G. E. Fox, G. Deinhard, and K. Poralla. 1992. Comparative sequence analyses on the 16S rRNA (rDNA) of Bacillus acidocaldarius, Bacillus acidoterrestris, and Bacillus cycloheptanicus and proposal for creation of a new genus, Alicyclobacillus gen. nov. Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol. 42:263-269.