Recirculating immunomagnetic separation and optimal enrichment conditions for enhanced detection and recovery of low levels of Escherichia coli O157:H7 from fresh leafy produce and surface water

Journal of Food Protection

Volumn 70, Issue 12, 2007, Pages 2717-2724

  Himathongkham, Sunee ^a   Dodd, Mary Lee ^a   Yee, Jenny K ^b   Lau, David K ^b   Bryant, Raymond G ^a   Badoiu, Alexandru S ^a   Lau, Henry K ^b   Guthertz, Linda S ^a   Crawford Miksza, Leta ^a   Soliman, Mary A ^a  

^a CALIFORNIA DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

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

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ESCHERICHIA COLI; LACTUCA; SPINACIA OLERACEA;

EID: 37349079481     PISSN: 0362028X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4315/0362-028X-70.12.2717     Document Type: Article

References (29)

1. Arthur, T. M., J. M. Bosilevac, X. Nou, and M. Koohmaraie. 2005. Evaluation of culture- and PCR-based detection methods for Escherichia coli O157:H7 in inoculated ground beef. J. Food Prot. 68: 1566-1574.
2. Brackett, R. E. 2005. Letter to California firms that grow, pack, process, or ship fresh and fresh-cut lettuce. Available at: http://www.cfsan. fda.gov/~dms/prodltr2.html. Accessed 8 May 2007.
3. Caprioli, A., S. Morabito, H. Brugere, and E. Oswald. 2005. Enterohaemorrhagic Escherichia coli: emerging issues on virulence and modes of transmission. Vet. Res. 36:289-311.
4. Feng, P., and S. D. Weagant. 2002. Diarrheagenic Escherichia coli. In Bacteriological analytical manual online. Available at: http://www. cfsan.fda.gov/~ebam/bam-4a.html. Accessed 9 September 2004.
5. 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.
6. Hammack, T. S., M. L. Johnson, A. P. Jacobson, and W. H. Andrews. 2006. Effect of sample preparation and preenrichment media on the recovery of Salmonella from cantaloupes, mangoes, and tomatoes. J. AOAC Int. 89:180-184.
7. Hammack, T. S., I. E. Valentin-Bon, A. P. Jacobson, and W. H. Andrews. 2004. Relative effectiveness of the Bacteriological Analytical Manual method for the recovery of Salmonella from whole cantaloupes and cantaloupe rinses with selected preenrichment media and rapid methods. J. Food Prot. 67:870-877.
8. Heijnen, L., and G. Medema. 2006. Quantitative detection of E. coli, E. coli O157 and other Shiga toxin producing E. coli in water samples using a culture method combined with real-time PCR. J. Water Health 4:487-498.
9. Islam, M., M. P. Doyle, S. C. Phatak, P. Millner, and X. Jiang. 2004. Persistence of enterohemorrhagic Escherichia coli O157:H7 in soil and on leaf lettuce and parsley grown in fields treated with contaminated manure composts or irrigation water. J. Food Prot. 67:1365-1370.
10. Jinneman, K. C., K. J. Yoshitomi, and S. D. Weagant. 2003. Multiplex real-time PCR method to identify Shiga toxin genes stx1 and stx2 and Escherichia coli O157:H7/H- serotype. Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 69:6327-6333.
11. Johnson, J. Y., J. E. Thomas, T. A. Graham, I. Townshend, J. Byrne, L. B. Selinger, and V. P. Gannon. 2003. Prevalence of Escherichia coli O157:H7 and Salmonella spp. in surface waters of southern Alberta and its relation to manure sources. Can. J. Microbiol. 49: 326-335.
12. Johnston, L. M., L. A. Jaykus, D. Moll, M. C. Martinez, J. Anciso, B. Mora, and C. L. Moe. 2005. A field study of the microbiological quality of fresh produce. J. Food Prot. 68:1840-1847.
13. Kinde, H., M. Adelson, A. Ardans, E. H. Little, D. Willoughby, D. Berchtold, D. H. Read, R. Breitmeyer, D. Kerr, R. Tarbell, and E. Hughes. 1997. Prevalence of Salmonella in municipal sewage treatment plant effluents in southern California. Avian Dis. 41:392-398.
14. Lejeune, J. T., T. E. Besser, D. H. Rice, and D. D. Hancock. 2001. Methods for the isolation of water-borne Escherichia coli O157. Lett. Appl. Microbiol. 32:316-320.
15. Moore, B., E. L. Perry, and S. T. Chard. 1952. A survey by the sewage swab method of latent enteric infection in an urban area. J. Hyg. (Lond.) 50:137-156.
16. Rasmussen, M. A., and T. A. Casey. 2001. Environmental and food safety aspects of Escherichia coli O157:H7 infections in cattle. Crit. Rev. Microbiol. 27:57-73.
17. Seo, K. H., and J. F. Frank. 1999. Attachment of Escherichia coli O157:H7 to lettuce leaf surface and bacterial viability in response to chlorine treatment as demonstrated by using confocal scanning laser microscopy. J. Food Prot. 62:3-9.
18. Shelton, D. R., J. A. Higgins, J. A. Van Kessel, Y. A. Pachepsky, K. Belt, and J. S. Karns. 2004. Estimation of viable Escherichia coli O157 in surface waters using enrichment in conjunction with immunological detection. J. Microbiol. Methods 58:223-231.
19. Spino, D. F. 1966. Elevated-temperature technique for the isolation of Salmonella from streams. Appl. Microbiol. 14:591-596.
20. Steele, M., and J. Odumeru. 2004. Irrigation water as source of food-borne pathogens on fruit and vegetables. J. Food Prot. 67:2839-2849.
21. Takeuchi, K., A. N. Hassan, and J. F. Frank. 2001. Penetration of Escherichia coli O157:H7 into lettuce as influenced by modified atmosphere and temperature. J. Food Prot. 64:1820-1823.
22. Tutenel, A. V., D. Pierard, D. Vandekerchove, J. Van Hoof, and L. De Zutter. 2003. Sensitivity of methods for the isolation of Escherichia coli O157 from naturally infected bovine faeces. Vet. Microbiol. 94:341-346.
23. Voitoux, E., V. Lafarge, C. Collette, and B. Lombard. 2002. Applicability of the draft standard method for the detection of Escherichia coli O157 in dairy products. Int. J. Food Microbiol. 77:213-221.
24. Walker, R. L., H. Kinde, R. J. Anderson, and A. E. Brown. 2001. Comparison of VIDAS enzyme-linked fluorescent immunoassay using Moore swab sampling and conventional culture method for Salmonella detection in bulk tank milk and in-line milk filters in California dairies. Int. J. Food Microbiol. 67:123-129.
25. Wang, G., and M. P. Doyle. 1998. Survival of enterohemorrhagic Escherichia coli O157:H7 in water. J. Food Prot. 61:662-667.
26. Weagant, S. D. 2002. Development and comparative evaluation of a resuscitation and enrichment method for detecting environmentally stressed Escherichia coli O157:H7 in artificially contaminated cheese. Laboratory information bulletin. U.S. Food and Drug Administration, Washington, D.C.
27. Weagant, S. D., and A. J. Bound. 2001. Evaluation of techniques for enrichment and isolation of Escherichia coli O157:H7 from artificially contaminated sprouts. Int. J. Food Microbiol. 71:87-92.
28. Yoshitomi, K. J., K. C. Jinneman, and S. D. Weagant. 2003. Optimization of a 3′-minor groove binder-DNA probe targeting the uidA gene for rapid identification of Escherichia coli O157:H7 using realtime PCR. Mol. Cell. Probes 17:275-280.
29. Yuk, H. G., B. R. Warren, and K. R. Schneider. 2006. Preliminary evaluation of flow-through immunocapture followed by real-time PCR for the detection of Salmonella serovars on tomato surfaces within 8 hours. J. Food Prot. 69:2253-2257.