Transformation of Escherichia coli in foodstuffs

被引:44
作者
Bauer, F [1 ]
Hertel, C [1 ]
Hammes, WP [1 ]
机构
[1] Univ Hohenheim, Inst Lebensmitteltechnol, D-70599 Stuttgart, Germany
关键词
Escherichia coli; foods; transformation;
D O I
10.1016/S0723-2020(99)80061-7
中图分类号
Q81 [生物工程学(生物技术)]; Q93 [微生物学];
学科分类号
071005 ; 0836 ; 090102 ; 100705 ;
摘要
The plasmid transfer by transformation of Escherichia coli in 12 foods was investigated under conditions commonly found in processing and storage of food. Transformation occurred in all foods with frequencies of at least 10(-8) when a simplified standard transformation protocol with non-growing cells was applied. Higher rates (ca. 10(-7)) were found in milk, soy drink, tomato and orange juice. Furthermore, E. coli became transformed at temperatures below 5 degrees C, i.e. under conditions highly relevant in storage of perishable foods. In soy drink this condition resulted in frequencies which were even higher than those determined after application of a temperature shift to 37 degrees C. The transformation of cells growing in milk and carrot juice at a constantly kept temperature of 37 degrees C provides evidence for the potential of E. coli to become transformed naturally. With purified DNA frequencies were determined in these substrates of ca. 2.5 x 10(-7) and 2.5 x 10(-8), respectively. Similar frequencies were also obtained in milk containing the crude nucleic acids of homogenised cell suspensions of E. coli (pUC18). Moreover, the release of plasmid DNA from E. coli during food processing and the subsequent uptake of this DNA by growing E. coli cells was shown to take place after homogenisation in milk indicating a horizontal plasmid transfer by transformation of E. coli.
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