Influence of bacteria from natural microflora over behaviour of Escherichia coli O157:H7 in ground beef / Comportamento de Escherichia coli enterohemorrágica O157:H7 frente a bactérias autóclones em carne bovina móida.

AUTOR(ES)

Susana Marta Isay Saad

DATA DE PUBLICAÇÃO

1997

RESUMO

Escherichia coli O157:H7 is a foodborne pathogen of increasing importance, since it has been involved in several threatening outbreaks, most of them associated with meat products. Though, it is possible that the low occurrence af E. coli O157:H7 in food, particularly in meat, may be due to antagonistic effects af other microorganisms present. Therefore, the influence of some bacteria isolated from meat, over E. coli O157:H7 in meat samples stored at chill and room temperatures was evaluated. For that purpose, studies were performed on 25 g of ground beef inoculated with different spiking levels of E. coli O157:H7 (101, 103 and 106 CFC/g), challenged with different spiking levels of non pathogenic E. coli, Pseudomonas putida or Leuconostoc spp. The Ps. putida and Leuconostoc spp. strains were selected based on deferred antagonism observed against E. coli O157:H7. Multiplication was monitored by means of cultural methods, employing sorbitol Mac Conkey agar and additional identification tests, and the rapid method Petrifilm™ Kit-HEC. No significant influence of non pathogenic E. coli, Pseudomonas putida and Leuconostoc spp. over the multiplication of E. coli O157:H7 was observed. Results on Petrifilm™ Kit-HEC showed high correlation with results on sorbitol Mac Conkey agar (97,2%). Experiments performed with meat kept at room temperatures resulted in higher correlation values (99,0%), when compared to those of meat kept at chill temperatures (94,9%). Apparently, the low occurrence of E. coli O157:H7 in food, particularly in raw meat, cant be attributed to antagonistic effects of other bacteria from natural microflora.

ASSUNTO(S)

antagonism meat carne bovina ehec antagonismo patógeno escherichia coli o157:h7 escherichia coli o15:h7 beef ehec pathogen

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