Issue 25, 2024

A biphasic accelerated strand exchange amplification strategy for culture-independent and rapid detection of Salmonella enterica in food samples

Abstract

Salmonella enterica is a common foodborne pathogen that can cause food poisoning in humans. The organism also infects and causes disease in animals. Rapid and sensitive detection of S. enterica is essential to prevent the spread of this pathogen. Traditional technologies for the extraction and detection of this pathogen from complex food matrices are cumbersome and time-consuming. In this study, we introduced a novel strategy of biphasic assay integrated with an accelerated strand exchange amplification (ASEA) method for efficient detection of S. enterica without culture or other extraction procedures. Food samples are rapidly dried, resulting in a physical fluidic network inside the dried food matrix, which allows polymerases and primers to access the target DNA and initiate ASEA. The dried food matrix is defined as the solid phase, while amplification products are enriched in the supernatant (liquid phase) and generate fluorescence signals. The analytical performances demonstrated that this strategy was able to specifically identify S. enterica and did not show any cross-reaction with other common foodborne pathogens. For artificially spiked food samples, the strategy can detect 5.0 × 101 CFU mL−1S. enterica in milk, 1.0 × 102 CFU g−1 in duck, scallop or lettuce, and 1.0 × 103 CFU g−1 in either oyster or cucumber samples without pre-enrichment of the target pathogen. We further validated the strategy using 82 real food samples, and this strategy showed 92% sensitivity. The entire detection process can be finished, sample-to-answer, within 50 min, dramatically decreasing the detection time. Therefore, we believe that the proposed method enables rapid and sensitive detection of S. enterica and holds great promise for the food safety industry.

Graphical abstract: A biphasic accelerated strand exchange amplification strategy for culture-independent and rapid detection of Salmonella enterica in food samples

Supplementary files

Article information

Article type
Paper
Submitted
03 Apr 2024
Accepted
20 May 2024
First published
21 May 2024

Anal. Methods, 2024,16, 4083-4092

A biphasic accelerated strand exchange amplification strategy for culture-independent and rapid detection of Salmonella enterica in food samples

X. Zhang, X. Wang, B. Shi, J. Li, Y. Fan, Y. Li, C. Shi and C. Ma, Anal. Methods, 2024, 16, 4083 DOI: 10.1039/D4AY00613E

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