Raw cow’s milk relatively inhibits quorum sensing activity of Cromobacterium violaceum in comparison to raw she-camel’s milk
Journal Title: Open Veterinary Journal - Year 2011, Vol 1, Issue 10
Abstract
Milk from different animal species has variable levels of antimicrobial factors against some of spoilage bacteria. For example, they are significantly present in higher concentration in she-camel’s milk than in cattle or buffalo and they are more heat-resistant than their counterparts in cattle and buffalo. Spoilage bacteria are known to communicate with each other by release of signaling molecules, a phenomenon described as quorum sensing (QS). Some food matrices inhibit these signaling compounds. In this study we screened QS inhibitory activities in raw milk of cattle and camel. Ten samples each of fresh raw cow’s milk and she-camel’s milk from apparently healthy animals were screened using the bacterial model Cromobacterium violaceum. The tested cow’s raw milk samples were able to inhibit the production of QS signalling molecules acyl-homoserine lactones (AHLs) produced by C. violaceum. However, she-camel’s milk samples were less effective in inhibiting such AHLs. Thus, one of the factors which influence the inhibitory activity could be derived from variation in milk chemical composition, especially in the percentage of fat which is significantly higher in tested cow’s milk samples (2.22±0.12) than in tested she-camel’s milk samples (1.44±0.35). Natural inhibition of QS signaling by cow’s milk may offer a unique means to control foodborne pathogens and reduce microbial spoilage.
Authors and Affiliations
S. K. Abolghait| Department of Food Hygiene and Control, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Suez Canal University, 41522 Ismailia, Egypt, Department of Food Hygiene and Control, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Tripoli University, 13662 Tripoli, Libya, A. M. Garbaj| Department of Food Hygiene and Control, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Tripoli University, 13662 Tripoli, Libya, A. A. Moawad| Department of Food Hygiene and Control, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Tripoli University, 13662 Tripoli, Libya, Department of Food Hygiene and Control, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Cairo University,12211 Giza, Egypt
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