A novel diagnostic real-time PCR assay for quantification and differentiation of emetic and non-emetic Bacillus cereus

Dzieciol, Monika and Fricker, Martina and Wagner, Martin and Hein, Ingeborg and Ehling-Schulz, Monika (2013) A novel diagnostic real-time PCR assay for quantification and differentiation of emetic and non-emetic Bacillus cereus. FOOD CONTROL, 32 (1). pp. 176-185. ISSN 0956-7135,

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Abstract

To improve differential diagnosis of Bacillus cereus group and minimize a risk of bacilli related disease, a multiplex quantitative real-time PCR assay for a one step detection and differentiation of B. cereus sensu lato and emetic B. cereus spores in milk was developed. A qPCR assay with primers and probe targeting gyrB (gyrase B) gene was successfully established and applied in a multiplex qPCR approach with previously published 16S rRNA and ces (specific part of the cereulide) qPCR assays. An internal amplification control (IAC) was included to meet diagnostic PCR requirements. The inclusivity and exclusivity of the assay were assessed using a panel of 81 strains, including 45 B. cereus group, 19 non-B. cereus group and 17 non-Bacillus strains. The limit of detection (LOD) for B. cereus in artificial inoculation experiments was 1.91 x 10(3) spores ml(-1) milk with a mean recovery rate of 81%. Good coefficient of determination was achieved between the number of B. cereus spores added and the qPCR derived number of B. cereus cell equivalents (R-2 = 0.973). The real-time qPCR assay is specific and sensitive, providing an efficient diagnostic and monitoring tool for the implementation in food and clinical diagnostic labs. (C) 2012 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.

Item Type: Article
Uncontrolled Keywords: ANTHRACIS SPORES; EXTRACTION KITS; RIBOSOMAL-RNA; IDENTIFICATION; STRAINS; DNA; GUIDELINES; ALIGNMENT; BACTERIA; GELATIN; Bacillus spores; ces gene; gyrB gene; IAC; qPCR; 16S rRNA gene
Subjects: 600 Technology > 610 Medical sciences Medicine
Divisions: Medicine > Lehrstuhl für Innere Medizin II
Depositing User: Dr. Gernot Deinzer
Date Deposited: 07 Apr 2020 10:45
Last Modified: 07 Apr 2020 10:45
URI: https://pred.uni-regensburg.de/id/eprint/16484

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