PMID- 31722014 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 20200925 LR - 20200925 IS - 1573-4935 (Electronic) IS - 0144-8463 (Print) IS - 0144-8463 (Linking) VI - 39 IP - 11 DP - 2019 Nov 29 TI - Heat resistance and presence of genes encoding staphylococcal enterotoxins evaluated by multiplex-PCR of Staphylococcus aureus isolated from pasteurized camel milk. LID - 10.1042/BSR20191225 [doi] LID - BSR20191225 AB - Milk pasteurization eliminates vegetative pathogenic microorganisms and reduces microorganisms associated with spoilage. Camel milk is a well-accepted, traditionally consumed food in Arab countries. The present study aimed to investigate the microflora of pasteurized camel milk sold in Riyadh City, Saudi Arabia. The heat resistance of the microflora was tested in culture medium and lab-sterilized milk, and its composition was verified by multiplex polymerase chain reaction (PCR) using specific primers. Further verification was performed by using separate specific primers. The identified strain survived heat treatment at 65, 72, 80, 85, and 90 degrees C for 30, 15, 10, 5, and 2 min, respectively. An unanticipated result was obtained when an enterotoxin producing strain of Staphylococcus aureus showed abnormal resistance to heat treatment. The enterotoxin gene within the PCR fragment was identified as enterotoxin C by DNA sequencing. During Basic Local Alignment Search Tool (BLAST) analysis, the isolated enterotoxin C genes showed >99% similarity to published database sequences of the Staphylococcus aureus strain SAI48 staphylococcal enterotoxin C variant v4 (sec) gene. The decimal reduction value (D-value) at 90 degrees C (D90) was determined after 10 s. This is the first time to report this abnormally heat resistant and enterotoxin-producing strain of Staphylococcus aureus. The use of ultra-high temperatures (UHTs) is preferable for reducing or killing bacteria in camel milk, especially if this problem is encountered in many camel milk factories. CI - (c) 2019 The Author(s). FAU - Yehia, Hany M AU - Yehia HM AD - Food Science and Nutrition Department, College of Food and Agricultural Sciences, King Saud University, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. AD - Food Science and Nutrition Department, Faculty of Home Economics, Helwan University, Cairo, Egypt. FAU - Ismail, Elsayed A AU - Ismail EA AD - Department of Dairy Science, Faculty of Agriculture, Benha University, Benha 13518, Egypt. FAU - Hassan, Zeinab K AU - Hassan ZK AD - Cancer Biology Department, Virology and Immunology Unit, National Cancer Institute, Cairo University. FAU - Al-Masoud, Abdulrahman H AU - Al-Masoud AH AD - Food Science and Nutrition Department, College of Food and Agricultural Sciences, King Saud University, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. FAU - Al-Dagal, Mosffer M AU - Al-Dagal MM AD - Food Science and Nutrition Department, College of Food and Agricultural Sciences, King Saud University, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. LA - eng PT - Journal Article PT - Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't PL - England TA - Biosci Rep JT - Bioscience reports JID - 8102797 RN - 0 (Enterotoxins) SB - IM MH - Animals MH - Camelus/*microbiology MH - Enterotoxins/*genetics MH - Hot Temperature MH - Milk/*microbiology MH - Multiplex Polymerase Chain Reaction/methods MH - Staphylococcal Infections/microbiology MH - Staphylococcus aureus/*genetics PMC - PMC6851523 OTO - NOTNLM OT - D-value OT - Staphylococcus aureus OT - enterotoxin C OT - heat resistant OT - pasteurized camel milk COIS- The authors declare that there are no competing interests associated with the manuscript. EDAT- 2019/11/14 06:00 MHDA- 2020/09/26 06:00 PMCR- 2019/11/13 CRDT- 2019/11/14 06:00 PHST- 2019/05/08 00:00 [received] PHST- 2019/10/03 00:00 [revised] PHST- 2019/10/15 00:00 [accepted] PHST- 2019/11/14 06:00 [entrez] PHST- 2019/11/14 06:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2020/09/26 06:00 [medline] PHST- 2019/11/13 00:00 [pmc-release] AID - 220806 [pii] AID - BSR20191225 [pii] AID - 10.1042/BSR20191225 [doi] PST - ppublish SO - Biosci Rep. 2019 Nov 29;39(11):BSR20191225. doi: 10.1042/BSR20191225.