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Digital Droplet-PCR for Quantification of Viable Campylobacter jejuni and Campylobacter coli in Chicken Meat Rinses
| Content Provider | MDPI |
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| Author | Véronique Zeller-Péronnet, Diana, Thärigen Govindaswamy, Janani Pavlovic, Melanie Wirtz, Daniela Murr, Larissa Colson, Bertrand Uhlig, Steffen Busch, Ulrich Huber, Ingrid |
| Copyright Year | 2022 |
| Description | The EU commission established Regulation (2017/1495) in 2017 to reduce Campylobacter on chicken skin and to decrease the number of human cases of campylobacteriosis attributable to the consumption of poultry meat. A Process Hygiene Criterion based on colony-forming unit data was set to a maximum of 1000 CFU Campylobacter spp. per gram chicken neck skin at slaughterhouses. Confronted with stressors, including cold, oxidative stress or antibiotic treatment, live cells may enter into a viable but non-cultivable state (VBNC) and lose the ability to grow, in reference to the plate count ISO 10272-2:2017 method, but still possess the potential to recover and cause infections under favorable conditions. In this study, a droplet digital PCR combined with the intercalating dye propidium monoazide (PMA) was established for quantification of C. coli and C. jejuni in chicken meat rinses. The PMA was used to inactivate DNA from dead cells in this technique. This method was successfully validated against the reference method according to ISO 16140-2:2016 for accuracy and relative trueness. Additionally, it presented a 100% selectivity for Campylobacter jejuni and C. coli. Moreover, the technical measurement uncertainty was determined according to ISO 19036:2019, and the applicability of ddPCR for quantifying C. coli and C. jejuni in chicken meat rinses was investigated on naturally contaminated samples from slaughterhouses and supermarkets. Results obtained from this study demonstrated a strong correlation to qPCR as well as the classical microbiological reference method. |
| Starting Page | 5315 |
| e-ISSN | 20763417 |
| DOI | 10.3390/app12115315 |
| Journal | Applied Sciences |
| Issue Number | 11 |
| Volume Number | 12 |
| Language | English |
| Publisher | MDPI |
| Publisher Date | 2022-05-24 |
| Access Restriction | Open |
| Subject Keyword | Applied Sciences Microbiology Food Safety Campylobacter Jejuni and Coli Chicken Skin Droplet Digital Pcr (ddpcr) Propidium Monoazide (pma) Molecular Quantification Routine Analysis |
| Content Type | Text |
| Resource Type | Article |
