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TOXICOLOGY REPORTS
Volume 7, Issue -, Pages 89-92Publisher
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DOI: 10.1016/j.toxrep.2019.12.006
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Bacillus cereus; Meat; Hbl complex; Nhe complex; PCR
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- Zanjan University of Medical Sciences, Zanjan, Iran [A-12-535-15, ZUMS.REC.1394.335]
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Food safety has emerged as an important global issue with international trade and public health implications. Bacillus cereus is an important cause of food poisoning worldwide. A total of 200 individual meat samples were collected from meat retail outlets and restaurants and investigated the frequency of B. cereus and hemolysin BL (Hbl), non-hemolytic enterotoxin (Nhe) complex genes. The meat samples were immediately homogenized and cultured on Bacillus cereus selective agar and subjected for confirmatory biochemical tests and molecular detection of gyrB, hblA, hblC, hblD, nheA, nheB and nheC genes. A total of 29 (14.5 %) meat samples were positive for the presence of B. cereus. The frequency of B. cereus in raw meat (14.1 %) was similar to cooked beef samples (15 %) (P > 0.05). Twenty six (89.6 %) isolates carried at least one or more enterotoxin genes. We found nheA (58.6 %) and hblD (51.7 %) genes with higher frequency than others. Hemolysin BL complex genes were found in lower frequency than Nhe complex (P > 0.05). Detection of enterotoxigenic B. cereus in meat samples shows a probable risk for public health. Therefore, the reliable molecular methods for monitoring of potentially pathogenic B. cereus are strongly recommended for the routine food examination.
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