Histamine-producing Lactobacillus parabuchneri strains isolated from grated cheese can form biofilms on stainless steel

The consumption of food containing large amounts of histamine can lead to histamine poisoning. Cheese is one of the most frequently involved foods. Histamine, one of the biogenic amines (BAs) exhibiting the highest safety risk, accumulates in food contaminated by microorganisms with histidine decarb...

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Autores: Díaz, María, Río Lagar, Beatriz del, Sánchez-Llana, Esther, Ladero Losada, Víctor Manuel, Redruello, Begoña, Fernández García, María, Martín, M. Cruz, Álvarez González, Miguel Ángel
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Estado:Versión aceptada para publicación
Fecha de publicación:2016
País:España
Institución:Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas (CSIC)
Repositorio:DIGITAL.CSIC. Repositorio Institucional del CSIC
OAI Identifier:oai:dnet:digitalcsic_::32f54db6268ffd7540900c6eeb3a542f
Acceso en línea:http://hdl.handle.net/10261/143319
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:Biogenic amines
Histamine
Cheeses
Lactobacillus parabuchneri
Lactobacillus buchneri
Biofilms
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Sumario:The consumption of food containing large amounts of histamine can lead to histamine poisoning. Cheese is one of the most frequently involved foods. Histamine, one of the biogenic amines (BAs) exhibiting the highest safety risk, accumulates in food contaminated by microorganisms with histidine decarboxylase activity. The origin of these microorganisms may be very diverse with contamination likely occurring during post-ripening processing, but the microorganisms involved during this manufacturing step have never been identified. The present work reports the isolation of 21 histamine-producing Lactobacillus parabuchneri strains from a histamine-containing grated cheese. PCR revealed that every isolate carried the histidine decarboxylase gene (hdcA). Eight lineages were identified based on the results of genome PFGE restriction analysis plus endonuclease restriction profile analysis of the carried plasmids. Members of all lineages were able to form biofilms on polystyrene and stainless steel surfaces. L. parabuchneri is therefore an undesirable species in the dairy industry; the biofilms it can produce on food processing equipment represent a reservoir of histamine-producing bacteria and thus a source of contamination of post-ripening-processed cheeses.