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Recovery of Cronobacter sakazakii from environmental surface swabbing materials using a 5-h enrichment procedure

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  09 June 2010

Denise Lindsay ,
Ben Somerton ,
Bruce Hill  and
Owen Shrubb
Denise Lindsay*
Affiliation:
Fonterra Research Centre, Fitzherbert Science Centres, Dairy Farm Road, Palmerston North, New Zealand
Ben Somerton
Affiliation:
Fonterra Research Centre, Fitzherbert Science Centres, Dairy Farm Road, Palmerston North, New Zealand
Bruce Hill
Affiliation:
Fonterra Research Centre, Fitzherbert Science Centres, Dairy Farm Road, Palmerston North, New Zealand
Owen Shrubb
Affiliation:
Fonterra Research Centre, Fitzherbert Science Centres, Dairy Farm Road, Palmerston North, New Zealand
*
*For correspondence; e-mail: denise lindsay@fonterra.com
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Abstract

This study aimed to reduce the time taken to detect low numbers of Cronobacter sakazakii inoculated onto environmental swabs (100, 10 or 1 cfu per swab) using a simple plating procedure for application in a dairy testing laboratory. Three types of environmental swabs (Biolab FlexiSwab™, gauze swabs and the Whatman SwabCheck Polywipe™ sponge) were inoculated with either Cron. sakazakii in single culture or Cron. sakazakii together with Citrobacter freundii. A 5-h enrichment procedure of swabs in Cronobacter enrichment broth at 37°C prior to plating was then compared with no enrichment or 24-h enrichment. The 5-h enrichment procedure was as efficient at detecting Cron. sakazakii on environmental swabs at low cell concentrations (100 cfu per swab), and in pure culture or in competition with other coliforms (Citrobacter), as pre-enrichment for 24 h. This protocol was also successful in detecting 10 cfu per swab 80% of the time. The results also indicated that the type of swab selected for use in environmental safety programmes is influential on the outcome, with the FlexiSwab™ and gauze swabs being the most efficient swabbing materials evaluated in this study.

Keywords

EnrichmentrecoveryCronobacter sakazakiienvironmental swabs
Type
Research Article
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Journal of Dairy Research , Volume 77 , Issue 3 , August 2010 , pp. 325 - 330
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Copyright © Proprietors of Journal of Dairy Research 2010

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