Occurrence of Cronobacter spp. in retail foods
Language English Country Great Britain, England Media print-electronic
Document type Journal Article, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
- MeSH
- Cronobacter sakazakii isolation & purification MeSH
- Cronobacter classification isolation & purification MeSH
- DNA, Bacterial MeSH
- Enterobacteriaceae Infections epidemiology microbiology MeSH
- Humans MeSH
- Food Microbiology * MeSH
- Spectrometry, Mass, Matrix-Assisted Laser Desorption-Ionization MeSH
- Check Tag
- Humans MeSH
- Publication type
- Journal Article MeSH
- Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't MeSH
- Geographicals
- Czech Republic epidemiology MeSH
- Names of Substances
- DNA, Bacterial MeSH
AIMS: To study the occurrence of Cronobacter spp. in foods and to investigate the phenotypic properties of the strains isolated. METHODS AND RESULTS: A total of 53 strains of Cronobacter spp. isolated from 399 food samples were identified using conventional biochemical methods and MALDI-TOF mass spectrometry. Foods of plant origin were the most frequently contaminated samples. No Cronobacter spp. were found in infant milk formula, wheat-based infant food, pasteurized and raw cow milk, mincemeat, chicken, chickpea and potato dumpling powder. The individual species were identified as Cronobacter sakazakii (54·7%), Cronobacter malonaticus (28·4%), Cronobacter dublinensis (7·5%), Cronobacter muytjensii (7·5%) and Cronobacter turicensis (1·9%). Cronobacter sakazakii and C. malonaticus belong to biotype 1, 2, 2a, 3, 4 and 5, 5a, respectively. Cronobacter dublinensis strains were subdivided into biotypes 6 and 12. All strains were resistant to erythromycin and two of them were resistant to both erythromycin and tetracycline. CONCLUSIONS: Cronobacter spp. were isolated from various food samples pre-eminently of plant origin and dried food ingredients. SIGNIFICANCE AND IMPACT OF THE STUDY: These findings will increase and detail our knowledge of the presence and diversity of Cronobacter spp. in foods.
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