Detection of Salmonella sp in chicken cuts using immunomagnetic separation

The immunomagnetic separation (IMS) is a technique that has been used to increase sensitivity and specificity and to decrease the time required for detection of Salmonella in foods through different methodologies. In this work we report on the development of a method for detection of Salmonella in c...

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Published in:Brazilian journal of microbiology 2008-01, Vol.39 (1), p.173-177
Main Authors: de Cássia Dos Santos da Conceição, Rita, Moreira, Angela Nunes, Ramos, Roberta Juliano, Goularte, Fabiana Lemos, Carvalhal, José Beiro, Aleixo, José Antonio Guimarães
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Immunology
MICROBIOLOGY
Poultry
Salmonella
Salmonella enteritidis
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Summary:The immunomagnetic separation (IMS) is a technique that has been used to increase sensitivity and specificity and to decrease the time required for detection of Salmonella in foods through different methodologies. In this work we report on the development of a method for detection of Salmonella in chicken cuts using in house antibody-sensitized microspheres associated to conventional plating in selective agar (IMS-plating). First, protein A-coated microspheres were sensitized with polyclonal antibodies against lipopolysacharide and flagella from salmonellae and used to standardize a procedure for capturing Salmonella Enteritidis from pure cultures and detection in selective agar. Subsequently, samples of chicken meat experimentally contaminated with S. Enteritidis were analyzed immediately after contamination and after 24h of refrigeration using three enrichment protocols. The detection limit of the IMS-plating procedure after standardization with pure culture was about 2x10 CFU/mL. The protocol using non-selective enrichment for 6-8h, selective enrichment for 16-18h and a post-enrichment for 4h gave the best results of S. Enteritidis detection by IMS-plating in experimentally contaminated meat. IMS-plating using this protocol was compared to the standard culture method for salmonellae detection in naturally contaminated chicken cuts and yielded 100% sensitivity and 94% specificity. The method developed using in house prepared magnetic microespheres for IMS and plating in selective agar was able to diminish by at least one day the time required for detection of Salmonella in chicken products by the conventional culture method.
ISSN:1517-8382
1678-4405
1678-4405
DOI:10.1590/S1517-83822008000100034