›› 2016, Vol. 43 ›› Issue (2): 493-498.doi: 10.16431/j.cnki.1671-7236.2016.02.030

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Establishment of PMA-qPCR Assay for Detection of Viable E.coli in Milk

GAI Dong-xue1,2, REN Hong-lin1, LU Shi-ying1, HU Pan1, MENG Xian-mei2, LIU Xi3, SONG De-gang3, JIN Wen1, ZHANG Song1, CHANG Jiang1, LIU Yan-yan4, LIU Zeng-shan1   

  1. 1. Key Laboratory of Zoonosis, Ministry of Education, Institute of Zoonosis, Jilin University, Changchun 130062, China;
    2. Key Laboratory of Grain and Oil Processing of Jilin Province, Jilin Business and Technology College, Changchun 130000, China;
    3. Ground Dairy Industry Co., Ltd., Changchun 130000, China;
    4. The Second Middle School of Lijin County in Dongying City, Dongying 257400, China
  • Revised:2015-10-26 Online:2016-02-20 Published:2016-03-02

Abstract: In order to detect viable E.coli in milk,a new PMA-qPCR method was established.The influences of different PMA concentration,dark incubation time,exposure time on dead bacteria inhibition effect were determined by detection of the cell numbers of viable and heat-killed E.coli suspensions at concentration of 1×108 CFU/mL through fluorescence quantitative PCR (qPCR) method.The results showed that qPCR assay could specifically detect E.coli,and the viable E.coli must be exposed to 90 ℃ for 30 s in water bath to be lethal.The best treatment was 10 μg/mL PMA with 15 min of dark incubation time and 10 min of exposure time.This treatment could inhibit dead cell signals to a largest extend,while had little impact on aviable cells.The stability of PMA-qPCR assay was kept while the concentration of bacteria was more than 1×108 CFU/mL.The regression equation of standard curve was y=-3.356x+47.413,R2=0.9989,the lowest detection limit was 103 CFU/mL.The result of adding assay was agreed with the actual situation.This study laid a foundation for using of PMA-qPCR to detect the viable E.coli in food.

Key words: E.coli; PMA; qPCR; counting

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