Development of a multiplex real-time PCR to quantify aflatoxin, ochratoxin A and patulin producing molds in foods.
Int J Food Microbiol
; 155(1-2): 10-8, 2012 Apr 02.
Article
in En
| MEDLINE
| ID: mdl-22326179
ABSTRACT
A multiplex real-time PCR (qPCR) method to quantify aflatoxin, ochratoxin A (OTA) and patulin producing molds in foods was developed. For this, the primer pairs F/R-omt, F/R-npstr and F/R-idhtrb and the TaqMan probes, OMTprobe, NPSprobe and IDHprobe targeting the omt-1, otanpsPN and idh genes involved in aflatoxin, OTA and patulin biosynthesis, respectively, were used. The functionality of the developed qPCR method was demonstrated by the high linear relationship of the standard curves constructed with the omt-1, otanpsPN and idh gene copies and threshold cycle (Ct) values for the respective producing molds tested to quantify aflatoxin, OTA and patulin producing molds. The ability of the optimized qPCR protocol to quantify producing molds was evaluated in different artificially inoculated foods (fruits, nuts, cereals and dry-ripened meat and cheese products). Efficiency values ranged from 81 to 110% in all inoculated foods. The detection limit was between 3 and 1logcfu/g for aflatoxin, OTA and patulin producing molds. The developed multiplex qPCR was shown be an appropriate tool for sensitive quantification of growth of toxigenic fungi in foods throughout the incubation time. Thus, the multiplex qPCR is a useful, rapid and efficient method to quantify simultaneously aflatoxin, OTA and patulin producing molds in food products.
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Collection:
01-internacional
Database:
MEDLINE
Main subject:
Patulin
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Aflatoxins
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Real-Time Polymerase Chain Reaction
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Food Microbiology
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Fungi
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Ochratoxins
Type of study:
Diagnostic_studies
Language:
En
Journal:
Int J Food Microbiol
Journal subject:
CIENCIAS DA NUTRICAO
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MICROBIOLOGIA
Year:
2012
Document type:
Article
Affiliation country:
Spain