title: PCR and oligonucleotide array for detection of Enterobacter sakazakii in infant formula.
abstract: Enterobacter sakazakii has been implicated in a several form of neonatal meningitis with a high mortality rate. In the present study, the species-specific PCR and oligonucleotide array assays were developed to detect the 16S-23S rDNA internal transcribed spacer (ITS) of E. sakazakii. Two pairs of specific PCR primers and 10 oligonucleotide probes were designed by sequencing the ITS of six strains of E. sakazakii and BLAST of GenBank. The specificity and efficiency of the PCR and oligonucleotide array methods were tested against a panel of numerous strains from 88 different bacterial strains. All of the E. sakazakii strains generated positive signal, and no cross-reaction was observed with non-E. sakazakii strains in the PCR and oligonucleotide array detections based on ITS sequences. Sensitivity of the detections is 1.3 CFU/100 g infant formula with the selective enrichment. Both of the PCR and oligonucleotide array procedures take only 48 h including the enrichment culture, whereas the conventional methods required at least 5 days. This study demonstrated that both of the pathogenic detections are time-saved and reliable.
authors.affiliation: Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, College of Life Science, Nankai University, Weijin Road 94, Tianjin 300071, China.
authors.forename: Yin
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Liu
authors.forename: Qili
authors.initials: Q
authors.lastname: Gao
authors.forename: Xia
authors.initials: X
authors.lastname: Zhang
authors.forename: Yanmei
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Hou
authors.forename: Jinliang
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Yang
authors.forename: Xitai
authors.initials: X
authors.lastname: Huang
mesh_terms: D044083:Cronobacter sakazakii / Q000235:genetics*; D005506:Food Contamination; D005516:Food Microbiology; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D041943:Infant Formula; D020411:Oligonucleotide Array Sequence Analysis / Q000379:methods*; D016133:Polymerase Chain Reaction / Q000379:methods*; D012680:Sensitivity and Specificity