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Survival and transcriptomic response of Salmonella enterica on fresh-cut fruits

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DOI: 10.1016/j.ijfoodmicro.2021.109201

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RNA-seq; Pathogen; Adaptation; Mechanism

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  1. Agriculture and Food Research Initiative (AFRI) [2016-67017-24432]
  2. U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) National Institute of Food and Agriculture (NIFA)

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Salmonella enterica, especially serotypes Newport and Typhimurium, are frequently associated with foodborne disease outbreaks linked to fresh-cut fruits. Despite strong survivability on various fresh-cut fruits under refrigeration, S. enterica displays variable survival behaviors, potentially regulated by differential gene expression related to carbon utilization and metabolic pathways. This study highlights the importance of understanding S. enterica survival mechanisms on fresh-cut produce and their potential implications for food safety and human health.
Salmonella enterica is frequently implicated in foodborne disease outbreaks associated with fresh-cut fruits. In the U.S., more than one third of fruit-related outbreaks have been linked to two S. enterica serotypes Newport and Typhimurium. Approximately 80% of fruit-related human salmonellosis cases were associated with tomatoes, cantaloupes and cucumbers. In this study, we investigated the population dynamics of S. Newport and S. Typhimurium on fresh-cut tomato, cantaloupe, cucumber and apple under short-term storage conditions. We further compared the transcriptomic profiles of a S. Newport strain on fresh-cut tomato and cantaloupe using high-throughput RNA-seq. We demonstrated that both S. enterica Newport and Typhimurium survived well on various fresh-cut fruit items under refrigeration storage conditions, independent of inoculation levels. However, S. enterica displayed variable survival behaviors on different types of fruits. For example, at 7 d storage, the population of S. enterica reduced less than 0.2 log (p > 0.05) on fresh-cut tomato and cantaloupe, in contrast to similar to 0.5 log (p < 0.05) on cucumber and apple. RNA-seq analysis suggested that S. enterica mediates its survival on fresh-cut fruits through differentially regulating genes involved in specific carbon utilization and metabolic pathways. Several known bacterial virulence factors (e.g., pag gene) were found to be differentially regulated on fresh-cut tomato and cantaloupe, suggesting a link between the events of food contamination and subsequent human infection. Findings from this study contribute to a better understanding of S. enterica survival mechanisms on fresh-cut produce.

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