Detection and Identification of Six Foodborne Bacteria by Two-tube Multiplex Real Time PCR and Melting Curve Analysis.
- Author:
Pei Hua NIU
1
;
Chen ZHANG
1
;
Ji WANG
1
;
Wen Jie TAN
1
;
Xue Jun MA
1
Author Information
- Publication Type:Journal Article
- Keywords: Bacteria; Detection; Melting curve; Real-time PCR
- MeSH: Animals; Bacteria; genetics; isolation & purification; Food Microbiology; methods; Milk; microbiology; Multiplex Polymerase Chain Reaction; Real-Time Polymerase Chain Reaction; Sensitivity and Specificity
- From: Biomedical and Environmental Sciences 2014;27(10):770-778
- CountryChina
- Language:English
-
Abstract:
OBJECTIVEThis study is aimed to develop a two-tube melting curve-based multiplex real time PCR assay (MCMRT-PCR) for the simultaneous detection of six common foodborne pathogenic bacteria (diarrhoeagenic Escherichia coli, Salmonella, and Shigella in tube 1, Staphylococcus aureus, Vibrio parahaemolyticus, and Listeria monocytogenes in tube 2).
METHODSA two-tube MCMRT-PCR assay was performed on 7900HT Fast Real-Time PCR System (Applied Biosystems, USA). Amplification by PCR was optimized to obtain high efficiency. The sensitivity and specificity of assays were investigated.
RESULTSThe detection limit of optimized MCMRT-PCR assay was 3.9×102 CFU/mL for S. aureus, 4.4×102 CFU/mL for L. monocytogenes, 3.0×102 CFU/mL for Salmonella, 2.5×102 CFU/mL for Shigella, 2.1×102 CFU/mL for V. parahaemolyticus, and 1.2×102 CFU/mL for E. coli. The feasibility of MCMRT-PCR was further evaluated using artificially contaminated milk, the sensitivity was at the level of 105 CFU/mL.
CONCLUSIONA two-tube MCMRT-PCR assay using six primer sets was developed for detection of multiple pathogens. Our findings demonstrates that the proposed two-tube assay is reliable, useful and rapid for simultaneous detection of six foodborne pathogenic bacteria with an intended application in provincial Centers for Diseases Control and Prevention (CDC).