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Salmonella grows massively and aerobically in chicken faecal matter.

ABSTRACT: The use of wastewater for irrigation and animal manure as fertilizer can cause transmission of intestinal pathogens, conditions frequently observed in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs). Here, we tested the ability of Salmonella to grow in the faecal matter. We inoculated freshly isolated Salmonella strains (from chickens) in chicken faecal matter and incubated for 1 to 12 days, under aerobic and anaerobic conditions. We found that both Salmonella and Escherichia coli multiplied massively in faecal matter outside a host and significantly higher in aerobic conditions. Our results have critical implications in waste management, as we demonstrate that aerobic treatments may not be the best to reduce the number of Salmonella in the environment.

SUBMITTER: Guerrero T

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7415362 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

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Salmonella grows massively and aerobically in chicken faecal matter.

Guerrero Teresa T Calderón Diana D Zapata Sonia S Trueba Gabriel G

Microbial biotechnology 20200719 5

The use of wastewater for irrigation and animal manure as fertilizer can cause transmission of intestinal pathogens, conditions frequently observed in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs). Here, we tested the ability of Salmonella to grow in the faecal matter. We inoculated freshly isolated Salmonella strains (from chickens) in chicken faecal matter and incubated for 1 to 12 days, under aerobic and anaerobic conditions. We found that both Salmonella and Escherichia coli multiplied massively ...[more]

PMID: 32686294

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Project description:BackgroundSeafood is not considered the natural habitat of Salmonella except the river fish, but still, the incidence of Salmonella in seafood is in a steady rise. By extending our understanding of Salmonella growth dynamics and pathogenomics in seafood, we may able to improve seafood safety and offer better strategies to protect the public health. The current study was thus aimed to assess the growth and multiplication of non-typhoidal and typhoidal Salmonella serovars on seafood and further sought to evaluate their virulence and stress genes expression while in contact with seafood at varying temperature exposure.ResultsSalmonella enterica Weltevreden and Salmonella enterica Typhi were left to grow on fish fillets at -20, 4, room temperature (RT) and 45 °C for a period of one week. Total RNA from both Salmonella serovars were extracted and qRT-PCR based relative gene expression approach was used to detect the expression of rpoE, invA, stn and fimA genes at four different temperature conditions studied on incubation days 0, 1, 3, 5 and 7. Salmonella Weltevreden growth on seafood was increased ~4 log10 at RT and 45 °C, nevertheless, nearly 2 and >4 log 10 reduction was observed in cell count stored at 4 and -20 °C on seafood, respectively. Growth pattern of Salmonella Typhi in seafood has shown identical pattern at RT and 45 °C, however, growth was sharply reduced at 4 and -20 °C as compared to the Salmonella Weltevreden. Total RNA of Salmonella Weltevreden was in the range from 1.3 to 17.6 μg/μl and maximum concentration was obtained at 45 °C on day 3. Similarly, RNA concentration of Salmonella Typhi was ranged from 1.2 to 11.8 μg/μl and maximum concentration was obtained at 45 °C on day 3. The study highlighted that expression of invA and stn genes of Salmonella Weltevreden was >8-fold upregulated at RT, whereas, fimA gene was increasingly down regulated at room temperature. Storage of Salmonella Weltevreden at 45 °C on seafood resulted in an increased expression (>13 -fold) of stn genes on day 1 followed by down regulation on days 3, 5, and 7. Nevertheless, other genes i.e. fimA, invA and rpo remained downregulated throughout the storage period. More intense upregulation was observed for invA and stn genes of Salmonella Typhi at RT and 45 °C. Further, incubating Salmonella Weltevreden at 4 °C resulted in down regulation in the expression of rpoE, invA and stn genes. Regarding Salmonella Typhi, fimA and stn genes were upregulated on day one, in addition, an increased expression of fimA was noted on day 3. At -20 °C, there was no obvious expression of target genes of Salmonella Weltevreden and Salmonella Typhi when stored along with seafood.ConclusionHere we demonstrate that nutritional constituents and water content available in seafood has become useful growth ingredients for the proliferation of Salmonella in a temperature dependent manner. Although, it was absence of serovar specific growth pattern of non-typhoidal and typhoidal Salmonella in seafood, there was observation of diverse expression profile of stress and virulent genes in non-typhoidal and typhoidal Salmonella serovars. In presence of seafood, the induced expression of Salmonella virulent genes at ambient temperature is most likely to be impacted by increased risk of seafood borne illness associated with Salmonella.

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Salmonella grows massively and aerobically in chicken faecal matter.

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Salmonella grows massively and aerobically in chicken faecal matter.

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