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INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF FOOD MICROBIOLOGY
Volume 331, Issue -, Pages -Publisher
ELSEVIER
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijfoodmicro.2020.108691
Keywords
Staphylococcus aureus; Recombinase polymerase amplification; Solid-phase reversible immobilization; Polymer flocculation sedimentation
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Funding
- National Natural Science Foundation of China [31201901, 31671782]
- Natural Science Foundation of Henan Province, China [182300410096]
- Scientific and Technological Key Project of Henan Province, China [182102310069]
- Scientific and Technological Key Project of Education Department of Henan Province, China [14A180025]
- Program for Young Key Teacher of Zhengzhou University of Light Industry, China [2013QNGG02]
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Currently, rapid, sensitive, and convenient visual detection methods for Staphylococcus aureus (S. aureus) are scarce. In this study, a novel detection method based on recombinase polymerase amplification (RPA) and polymer flocculation sedimentation (PFS) was developed. Twelve effective primer combinations derived from four forward primers F1, F2, F3, F4, and three reverse primers R1, R2, R3 targeting the nuc gene of S. aureus were designed and screened by a polymerase chain reaction and RPA methods. RPA reaction conditions, including temperature, time, and volume as well as PEG8000 and NaCl concentrations range, were optimized. Moreover, the specificity and sensitivity of the RPA-PFS assay were further analyzed. Finally, the potential use of the RPAPFS assay was evaluated using artificially S. aureus contaminated food samples, including pork, beef, shrimp, fish, cheese, cabbage, leftover rice, egg, milk, and orange juice. Results showed that the SA5 (F2/R2) combination was the optimal primer candidate. The optimal temperature range, the shortest time and the minimal volume of RPA reaction were 40-42 degrees C, 10 min and 10 mu L, respectively and the optimal PEG8000/NaCl concentrations were 0.2 g/mL and 2.5 M, respectively, for the adsorption between magnetic beads and RPA products. The RPA-PFS method could detect as little as 13 fg genomic DNA of S. aureus and was also specific for five target S. aureus as well as twenty-seven non-target foodborne bacteria. The limit of detection of RPA-PFS for S. aureus in artificially contaminated food samples was 38 CFU/mL (g). Besides, RPA-PFS has directly been judged by the naked eye and has totally taken less than 20 min. In short, the assay RPA-PFS developed in this study is a rapid, sensitive, and specific visual detection method for S. aureus.
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