Growth of Salmonella enterica in model mixed cultures during a two-step enrichment.
Growth of Salmonella enterica was studied in model mixed cultures with Citrobacter freundii or Escherichia coli in buffered peptone water (BPW) and in Rappaport-Vassiliadis medium with soya (RVS) with modified concentrations of MgCl2 and malachite green, and at modified incubation temperatures. Selected S. enterica strains were inoculated in BPW (10(0) cfu/ml) together with selected strains of Citrobacter freundii (up to 10(8) cfu/ml) or selected strains of Escherichia coli (up to 10(8) cfu/ml), incubated overnight and then subcultured (1: 100) in RVS variants. Growth of individual bacterial species was followed by the quantitative real-time polymerase chain reaction (PCR). Optimal culture conditions during the second selective step were: MgCl2.6 H2O concentration of 29 g/l, malachite green concentration of 36 mg/1l, and the incubation temperature of 41.5 degrees C. Citr. freundii was found to be a potent competitor and E. coli was a weaker competitor. At optimal culture conditions, competition was reduced and the density of S. enterica cultures reached the level of 10(4) cfu/ml after not later than 2 h of selective enrichment. The results obtained provide a basis for the development of a short two-step enrichment to be used in rapid real-time PCR-based methods for the detection of S. enterica in food and other matrices.[1]References
- Growth of Salmonella enterica in model mixed cultures during a two-step enrichment. Krascsenicsov??, K., Kacl??kov??, E., Kuchta, T. New Microbiol. (2006) [Pubmed]
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