Linkage of bacterial protein synthesis and presentation of MHC class I-restricted Listeria monocytogenes-derived antigenic peptides.

The processing and MHC class I-restricted presentation of antigenic peptides derived from the p60 protein of the facultative intracellular bacterium Listeria monocytogenes is tightly linked to bacterial protein synthesis. We used non-linear regression analysis to fit a mathematical model of bacterial antigen processing to a published experimental data set showing the accumulation and decay of p60-derived antigenic peptides in L. monocytogenes-infected cells.

Singlepath Salmonella. Performance Tested Method 060401.

Singlepath Salmonella is an immunochromatographic (lateral flow) assay for the presumptive qualitative detection of Salmonella spp. in food. A previous AOAC Performance Tested Method study evaluated Singlepath Salmonella as an effective method for the detection of Salmonella spp.

Foodproof Salmonella Detection Kit. Performance Tested Method 120301.

The foodproof Salmonella Detection Kit was previously validated in the Performance Tested Methods program for the detection of Salmonella species in a variety of foods, including milk powder, egg powder, coconut, cocoa powder, chicken breast, minced meat, sliced sausage, sausage, smoked fish, pasta, white pepper, cumin, dough, wet pet food, dry pet food, ice cream, watermelon, sliced cabbage, food dye, and milk chocolate. The method was shown to be equivalent to the U.S.

Evaluation of the Duopath Legionella lateral flow assay for identification of Legionella pneumophila and Legionella species culture isolates.

Duopath Legionella (Merck KGaA, Darmstadt, Germany) is a new immunochromatographic assay for the simultaneous identification of cultured L. pneumophila and Legionella species other than L. pneumophila.

Nucleic acid-based, cultivation-independent detection of Listeria spp and genotypes of L monocytogenes.

Based on comparative analysis of 16S rRNA gene sequences, two oligonucleotide probes for in situ detection of all members of the genus Listeria were designed. These probes allowed fast and reliable in situ detection of Listeria spp. even in complex samples like raw milk.

Isolation and characterisation of a 13.8-kDa bacteriolytic enzyme from house dust mite extracts: homology with prokaryotic proteins suggests that the enzyme could be bacterially derived.

Bacteriolytic activity was detected in extracts of whole mite and spent growth medium (SGM) from the clinically important Dermatophagoides pteronyssinus and Dermatophagoides farinae mites and was most abundant in whole mite extract. Gram-positive organisms Micrococcus lysodeikticus, Bacillus megaterium and Listeria monocytogenes were preferentially lysed and the lytic activity was enhanced by thiols, destroyed by mite proteases, inhibited by HgCl2 and high concentrations of NaCl but was resistant to heat and acid treatment. Substrate SDS-PAGE analysis indicated the presence of several lytic enzymes, two of which were isolated from D.

Colony-blot assay with anti-p60 antibodies as a method for quick identification of Listeria in food.

The present study evaluated the ability to isolate Listeria from foods, using shortened procedure of sample enrichment followed by immunomagnetic separation or filtration methods, and serological identification of isolated bacteria by colony-blot and Western blot methods with anti-p60 antibodies. By these rapid methods, identification of Listeria was achieved in much shorter time (40-48 h) than with standard cultivation and biochemical identification procedures. The rapid methods used are easy to perform and, what is most important, their specificity is very high and fulfills the expectations.