期刊
INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF FOOD MICROBIOLOGY
卷 353, 期 -, 页码 -出版社
ELSEVIER
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijfoodmicro.2021.109313
关键词
Escherichia coli; Benzalkonium chloride; LuxS; AI-2; Quorum sensing; Biofilm formation
资金
- Natural Science Foundation of Henan Province [202300410018]
- Key Project of Natural Science of the Education Department of Henan Province [20A180027]
Sublethal concentrations of benzalkonium chloride can promote AI-2 production, enhance biofilm formation, and increase swimming motility of E. coli isolates, along with upregulating genes associated with biofilm formation and flagellar motility. Proper use of this disinfectant in food processing environments is crucial for controlling E. coli contamination.
Escherichia coli can survive improper disinfection processes, which is a potential source of contamination of food products. Benzalkonium chloride (BC) is a common disinfectant widely used in food industry. Bacterial quorum sensing (QS) plays a major role in food spoilage, biofilm formation and food-related pathogenesis. Understanding QS can help to control the growth of undesirable food-related bacteria. The LuxS/AI-2 QS system of E. coli has been confirmed to regulate many important phenotypes including biofilm formation and motility. In the current study, we aimed to investigate the effect of sublethal concentrations of BC on the LuxS/AI-2 system of E. coli isolates from retail meat samples, as well as bacterial biofilm formation and motility. Our results showed that sublethal concentrations of BC promoted AI-2 production in four test E. coli isolates. The results from microplate assay and confocal laser scanning microscopy (CLSM) analysis indicated that sublethal concentrations of BC enhanced biofilm formation of E. coli. When treated with sublethal concentrations of BC, exopolysaccharides (EPS) production during biofilm development increased significantly and swimming motility of tested isolates was also promoted. The expression levels of luxS, biofilm-associated genes and flagellar motility genes were increased by BC at sublethal concentrations. Our findings underline the importance of proper use of the disinfectant BC in food processing environments to control food contamination by E. coli.
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