Project description:The non-typhoidal Salmonella enterica serotype Heidelberg is a major foodborne pathogen primarily transmitted to humans through contaminated poultry products. Current control measures emphasize novel approaches to mitigate Salmonella Heidelberg colonization in poultry and the contamination of poultry products, thereby reducing its transmission to humans. This study highlight that commensal E. coli 47-1826 can potentially be used to control of S. Heidelberg 18-9079 in poultry
Project description:Environmental stress contributes to the outcome of infection by impacting both microbial virulence and host susceptibility to infection. Thermal processing, commonly used for decontamination of poultry in the food industry, may elicit sublethal stress on resistant serovars of Salmonella. We employed traditional heat shock temperatures (42 and 48ºC), similar to avian body temperature and poultry processing conditions, to study gene expression of Salmonella enterica serovar Typhimurium. Microarray analysis indicated that thermal shock at 42°C and 48°C induced expression of SPI-2 and SPI-5 genes, whose products are required for adhesion and survival. However, SPI-1 genes, responsible for invasion of Salmonella into host cells, were down-regulated following exposure to 42°C and 48°C. Bacterial adhesion assays showed greater adhesion of heat-stressed S. Typhimurium to Caco-2 cells compared to non-stressed bacteria. In addition, subjecting Caco-2 cells to mild heat shock (39°C), which is similar to human fever, enhanced host cell susceptibility to bacterial adhesion. Data indicate that thermal stress enhances bacterial colonization and host cell susceptibility to adhesion during S. Typhimurium infection.
2009-12-25 | GSE18089 | GEO
Project description:Poultry slaughterhouse metagenomic and metatranscriptomic sequencing
| PRJNA1053868 | ENA
Project description:16s RNA sequencing on the processing of poultry product
Project description:Avian coccidiosis is a major disease of poultry caused by the intestinal protozoa Eimeria. Aviagen line A and line B birds show differential susceptibility to Eimeria infection, with line B birds exhibiting higher lesion scores and mortality. The objective of this study was to examine differential intestinal gene expression between line A and B chicks in response to a challenge with Eimeria maxima. Following challenge with 1 x 10^4 oocysts/chick, greater than 40% of line A chicks had lesion scores of 0 to 1 (on 0 to 4 scale), similar to controls. In contrast, all line B challenged chicks at this same dose had lesion scores of 2 to 4.