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Depicting the suitability of FTIR to improve the differentiation of persistent and sporadic Listeria monocytogenes

dc.contributor.authorMeneses, Rui
dc.contributor.authorSousa, Clara
dc.contributor.authorTeixeira, Paula
dc.date.accessioned2025-06-17T14:57:53Z
dc.date.available2025-06-17T14:57:53Z
dc.date.issued2023
dc.description.abstractListeria monocytogenes is a ubiquitous Gram-positive pathogen that is particularly harmful to immunocompromised individuals. In food processing environments (FPEs), certain strains of L. monocytogenes are routinely isolated, while others are only encountered sporadically. One possible explanation for this recurrent isolation correlates with the presence of heterogeneous subpopulations, some of which can withstand adverse conditions encompassing high salinity, low temperature, and low pH, along with other FPEs-related stressors. We set out to evaluate the suitability of Fourier Transformed Infrared Atenuated Total Reflectance (FTIR-ATR) spectroscopy to discriminate between the fitest persistent specimens from the remaining sporadic subpopulations. 72 L. monocytogenes isolates, encompassing both persistent and sporadic L. monocytogenes, were grown in microtiter plates in the presence of different food-associated stressors (pH, T ºC, % NaCl), with growth curves obtained by measuring the optical density (OD600). After reaching the late exponential phase, the cell pellets were collected and analysed by FTIR-ATR spectroscopy. Additionally, infrared (IR) spectra of isolates grown in agar plates at 37ºC were collected. Partial Least-Squares Discriminant Analysis classification models based on collected IR spectra were developed to determine the viability of FTIR spectroscopy to discriminate persistence in different conditions. The gathered data showed no significant differences in growth rates and lag phases of persistent and sporadic L. monocytogenes in a planktonic state when grown at 37ºC or under the food-associated stressors tested. FTIR analysis has shown promising results in differentiating persistent and sporadic isolates belonging to the same serogroup, achieving correct assignment rates of over 70%.eng
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10400.14/53679
dc.language.isoeng
dc.peerreviewedyes
dc.rights.uriN/A
dc.titleDepicting the suitability of FTIR to improve the differentiation of persistent and sporadic Listeria monocytogeneseng
dc.typeconference object
dspace.entity.typePublication
oaire.citation.conferenceDate2023-07-13
oaire.citation.conferencePlaceHamburg, Germany
oaire.citation.endPage45
oaire.citation.startPage45
oaire.citation.titleFEMS 2023: 10th Congress of European Microbiologists
oaire.versionhttp://purl.org/coar/version/c_970fb48d4fbd8a85

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