Virulence genes expression in viable but non-culturable state of Listeria monocytogenes in fish meat

Mehdi Zolfaghari; Masoud Rezaei; Ashraf Mohabbati Mobarez; Mehdi Forozandeh Moghaddam; Hedayat Hosseini; Mohammad Khezri

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Virulence genes expression in viable but non-culturable state of Listeria monocytogenes in fish meat

Mehdi Zolfaghari ^[1] ; Masoud Rezaei ^[2] ; Ashraf Mohabbati Mobarez ^[2] ; Mehdi Forozandeh Moghaddam ^[1] ; Hedayat Hosseini ^[3] ; Mohammad Khezri
1. [1] Gorgan University of Agricultural Sciences and Natural Resources
  
  Gorgan University of Agricultural Sciences and Natural Resources
  
  Irán
2. [2] Tarbiat Modares University
  
  Tarbiat Modares University
  
  Irán
3. [3] Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences
  
  Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences
  
  Irán
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Localización: Food science and technology international = Ciencia y tecnología de alimentos internacional, ISSN-e 1532-1738, ISSN 1082-0132, Vol. 26, Nº 3, 2020, págs. 205-212
Idioma: inglés
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- This study aimed to evaluate the fate of Listeria monocytogenes in water microcosm and rainbow trout fillet under salinity stress of 0% and 30% NaCl at refrigerator temperature (4 ± 2 ℃). Bacterial culturability was studied by standard culture and colony count method. Reverse transcription-PCR (RT-PCR) of 16 S rRNA gene was used to detect viability of non-culturable bacteria. Also, the qualitative expression of pathogenic genes (hly and inlA) was studied using RT-PCR. The results showed that bacteria in water microcosm lost their culturability at 13 days under 0% salinity (starvation or distilled water) and at 27 days under 30% salinity; however, bacteria in rainbow trout fillet remained culturable under 0% and 30% NaCl. RT-PCR of 16 S rRNA gene was positive for all treatments during the period of this study, indicating the entering of L. monocytogenes into the viable but non-culturable state in water microcosm under 0% and 30% NaCl. Also, viable but non-culturable L. monocytogenes retained the expression of hly and inlA genes. So, it could be concluded that L. monocytogenes in viable but non-culturable state can cause serious health problems and further investigation is necessary to elucidate the effects of other processing and storage conditions (light, dark, smoking, etc.) on behavior of L. monocytogenes in smoked and salted fish.