Efeito da alta pressão hidrostática em Aeromonas hydrophila AH 191 crescida em leite e em meio de cultura / Effect of high hydrostatic pressure in Aeromonas hydrophila AH 191 grown in milk and culture medium

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DATA DE PUBLICAÇÃO

2010

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Exposure to high pressure is an efficient method for bacterial inactivation, which is important for the food sterilization. We examine the inactivation by high hydrostatic pressure in A. hydrophila AH 191, producer of aerolysin, which has cytotoxic, enterotoxic and hemolytic activities. A 30 min treatment at 250 MPa (25 °C in 0.1 M PBS, pH 7,4) resulted in 9 log CFU/mL of bacteria inactivation (from 109 CFU/mL to <10 CFU/mL). However, the treatment did not inactivate the hemolytic, enterotoxic and cytotoxic activities produced by A. hydrophila AH 191. The supernatant of bacterial culture and milk contaminated with A. hydrophila AH 191 pressurized or not were applied to Vero and CaCo2 cells, suspensions of human and sheep erythrocytes, and injected into mice via oral gastric Swiss reproducing the Dean test. The results show that evidence of toxins in samples pressurized remained similar to that of control, and the toxins in culture supernatants and milk were able to produce fluid accumulation in the intestine of suckling mouse. These results indicate the relevance of the study for bacteria inactivation to food security and enhance the importance for caution in the use of high prssure in foods sterilization, since although the bacteria can be inactivated, the toxins produced by micro-organisms continue to be active, representing a human health threat

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aeromonas hydrophila inativação bacteriana alta pressão hidrostatica toxinas aeromonas hydrophila bacterial inactivation high hydrostatic pressure toxins

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