Detection and characterization of pathogenic vibrios in shellfish by a Ligation Detection Reaction-Universal Array approach

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• 作者：Alessia Cariani^a ; ¹ ; ^{alessia.cariani@unibo.it} ; Annamaria Piano^b ; ¹ ; Clarissa Consolandi^c ; Marco Severgnini^c ; Bianca Castiglioni^d ; Giada Caredda^c ; Marco Candela^e ; Patrizia Serratore^b ; Gianluca De Bellis^c ; Fausto Tinti^a
• 关键词：Food safety ; Vibrio ; Shellfish ; Virulence marker ; Multiplex PCR ; Microarray
• 刊名：International Journal of Food Microbiology
• 出版年：2012
• 出版时间：15 February 2012
• 年：2012
• 卷：153
• 期：3
• 页码：474-482
• 全文大小：1257 K

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Vibrios are a group of major foodborne pathogens widely distributed in marine environment. Vibrio cholerae, Vibrio parahaemolyticus, and Vibrio vulnificus are the pathogenic species of Vibrio that pose the greatest threat to human health. However, other vibrios, e.g. Vibrio alginolyticus, Vibrio mimicus and Grimontia hollisae, apparently less relevant in the group of foodborne pathogens, have been sporadically found in outbreaks. For seafood safety and economic purposes, a rapid and powerful method for the specific identification of harmful Vibrio strains is needed. We developed a PCR-Ligase Detection Reaction-Universal Array (PCR-LDR-UA) assay for the simultaneous identification of pathogenic vibrios and detection of virulence coding genes. The entire procedure was validated on a total of 31 reference strains and isolates from clinical and environmental samples, as well as on bivalve tissue homogenates infected with different strains of target Vibrio species. Twenty-three shellfish samples directed to human consumption were successfully screened, thus demonstrating that the developed microarray-based platform could be a reliable and sensitive detection tool for the identification of harmful Vibrio strains in seafood.