title: Development of a PCR microplate-capture hybridization method for simple, fast and sensitive detection of Salmonella serovars in food.
abstract: The authors have developed an easy and rapid detection and identification system for Salmonella spp. in food. The gene inv A was selected as the target sequence. Oligonucleotides derived from conserved regions of this gene were able to exclusively prime the amplification of a 389 bp fragment when Salmonella spp. DNA was used as the template. An internal Salmonella spp. specific DNA probe was used for confirmation of the amplified polymerase chain reaction(PCR)product, by Southern blot or microplate-capture hybridization assay. In this fashion the sensitivity of the method was increased 100-fold (4.5 fg total DNA). To validate the method, a total of 75 food samples were tested. The PCR-microplate capture hybridization assay is easy to perform and much faster than traditional detection methods for Salmonella spp. in food. Hybridization in microtitre plates is more readily observed than in Southern blot and is more sensitive than conventional agarose gel electrophoresis.
authors.affiliation: Dipartimento di Scienze degli Alimenti, Facoltà di Agraria, Università di Udine, Italy.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Manzano
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Cocolin
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Astori
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Pipan
authors.forename: G A
authors.initials: GA
authors.lastname: Botta
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Cantoni
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Comi
mesh_terms: D001710:Biotin; D015139:Blotting, Southern / Q000379:methods; D018076:DNA, Complementary / Q000138:chemical synthesis; D005516:Food Microbiology; D009693:Nucleic Acid Hybridization / Q000379:methods; D016133:Polymerase Chain Reaction / Q000295:instrumentation / Q000379:methods*; D015203:Reproducibility of Results; D012475:Salmonella / Q000235:genetics* / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D012680:Sensitivity and Specificity; D019809:Streptavidin
chemical_list: D018076:DNA, Complementary; D001710:Biotin; D019809:Streptavidin