Survey and Properties of Staphylococcus aureus Isolated from Japanese-Style Desserts

• SHIMAMURA Yuko

  Department of Nutrition and Food Science, Ochanomizu University

• KIDOKORO Shiho

  Department of Nutrition and Food Science, Ochanomizu University

• MURATA Masatsune

  Department of Nutrition and Food Science, Ochanomizu University

Bibliographic Information

Other Title

• Survey and Properties of<i>Staphylococcus aureus</i>Isolated from Japanese-Style Desserts
• Survey and properties of <italic>Staphylococcus aureus</italic> isolated from Japanese-style desserts

Abstract

We surveyed the contamination of 315 Japanese- and western-style desserts and 247 human hands by Staphylococcus aureus and other staphylococcal bacteria. The most frequently isolated staphylococcal bacterium was S. warneri, followed by S. aureus. Only 1.9% of western-style desserts were contaminated by S. aureus strains, while 19.4% and 13.0% of Japanese-style desserts and human hands respectively were contaminated. Ninety-four isolates of S. aureus were characterized as to their biological properties and enterotoxigenicity. Although staphylococcal enterotoxins (SEs) were detected by enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay in the cultured broth of all S. aureus isolates, the reversed passive latex agglutination method and the polymerase chain reaction showed only 39 (41.5%) and 40 (42.6%) samples respectively as SE-positive. The predominant type of SE was SEB (67.5%), and eight strains produced SEA. None of the S. aureus strains had penicillin-binding protein 2′, showing that methicillin-resistant S. aureus was not present in the samples.

Journal

• Bioscience, Biotechnology, and Biochemistry

  Bioscience, Biotechnology, and Biochemistry 70 (7), 1571-1577, 2006

  Japan Society for Bioscience, Biotechnology, and Agrochemistry

Keywords

• <I>Staphylococcus aureus</I>
• staphylococcal enterotoxin
• Japanese-style dessert
• methicillin-resistant <I>Staphylococcus aureus</I> (MRSA)

Details

• CRID: 1390282681456559488
• NII Article ID: 10018528727
• NII Book ID: AA10824164
• DOI: 10.1271/bbb.50617
• ISSN: 13476947
• ISSN: 09168451
• NDL BIB ID: 7997657
• Web Site: https://ndlsearch.ndl.go.jp/books/R000000004-I7997657
• Web Site: http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/pdf/10.1271/bbb.50617
• Text Lang: en
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