สิริภา แดงพ่วง. Media Optimization of Enrichment Protocol to Improve Listeria Selectivity. Master's Degree(Food Engineering). King Mongkut's University of Technology Thonburi. KMUTT Library. : King Mongkut's University of Technology Thonburi, 2011.
Media Optimization of Enrichment Protocol to Improve Listeria Selectivity
Abstract:
Listeria innocua growth and selectivity during non-selective enrichment and selective
enrichment steps were studied to formulate fundamental knowledge to enhance Listeria
spp. detection protocol. L. innocua was utilized as a non-pathogenic Listeria model
because it shares similar physiological traits with Listeria monocytogenes. The growth
of L. innocua was compared on three conventional non-selective media (i.e., NB, LB
and TSB) and three Listeria enrichment broth bases from which selective agents were
intentionally removed (i.e., BLEB, FB and PB). The incubation conditions were varied
at different temperatures (i.e., 30, 35, 37 and 40 C celsices). Sigmodial-type mathematical
model was applied to capture the growth characteristics during batch cultivation and to
extract key kinetic parameters (i.e., maximum specific growth rate; mue max )used to
investigate the optimum non-selective enrichment protocol. The growth characteristics
and the estimated kinetic parameters (mue max )indicated that the optimal incubation
temperature for L. innocua growth was 35 celsices where the growth profile showed the
highest mue max and high final cell density. TSB, as an effective non-selective enrichment
medium, was selected to multiply L. innocua in the non-selective enrichment step. The
effects of conventional inhibitors were studied by using common selective inhibitors
suggested in most global microbiological detection standards (i.e., NGFIS, IDF,
USFDA, NMKL, ISO, AOAC and USDA-FSIS). The TSB broth base was modified by
adding selected conventional selective agents to study the growth and selectivity of
Listeria spp. The growth profiles showed that acriflavine significantly affected the
growth of Gram-positive bacteria. Interestingly, L. innocua has less resistant to
acriflavine than Staphylococcus aureus. Polymyxin B inhibited Gram-negative bacteria
as well as Gram-positive bacteria but to a lesser extent. As low as 10 mg/L of
polymyxin enabled effective reduction of E. coli from 6 to less than 2 log CFU/mL
within 2 h of incubation. Nalidixic acid only suppressed Gram-negative bacteria and
was not as effective as polymyxin B. Although lithium chloride did not significantly
affect the inhibition of any target microorganisms, it was included in the optimization
experiment to find an effective selective enrichment combination. Using the response
surface analysis the optimum selective composition to isolate E. coli and S. aureus from
L. innocua includes 5.7 mg/L of acriflavine, 10.0 mg/L of polymyxin B and 20.7 g/L of
lithium chloride.