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Appl Environ Microbiol. 1991 July; 57(7): 1914-1919

Successful approach for detection of low numbers of enterotoxigenic Escherichia coli in minced meat by using the polymerase chain reaction.

National Institute for Public Health and Environmental Protection, Bilthoven, The Netherlands.

ABSTRACT

The polymerase chain reaction (PCR) was used as a tool for the detection of enterotoxigenic Escherichia coli in minced meat. With two synthetic 29-mer oligonucleotides, a 195-bp fragment from the E. coli heat-labile enterotoxin (LT) gene could be amplified specifically. When 6 CFU was added to the reaction mixture as a template, the PCR yielded sufficient amplified product for visualization on an agarose gel. Prior to PCR amplification, the minced meat samples were subjected to enrichment culturing for E. coli. From these cultures, 10 microliters was used in the PCR assay. All 20 25-g samples that were examined in this assay were negative for E. coli LT. However, when 3 CFU of E. coli LT was added to the 25-g samples of minced meat prior to enrichment culturing, the PCR assay yielded positive results.

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