Effect of oxygen and temperature on the dynamic of the dominant bacterial populations of pig manure and on the persistence of pig-associated genetic markers, assessed in river water microcosms

Autor: Dominique Hervio-Heath, Anne-Marie Pourcher, Michèle Gourmelon, Sophie Mieszkin, O. Solecki, Romain Marti
Rok vydání: 2011
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Zdroj: Journal of Applied Microbiology. 111:1159-1175
ISSN: 1364-5072
Popis: Aims: The aim is to evaluate the dynamic of Bacteroides–Prevotella and Bacillus–Streptococcus–Lactobacillus populations originating from pig manure and the persistence of pig-associated markers belonging to these groups according to temperature and oxygen. Methods and Results: River water was inoculated with pig manure and incubated under microaerophilic and aerobic conditions, at 4 and 20°C over 43 days. The diversity of bacterial populations was analysed by capillary electrophoresis-single-strand conformation polymorphism. The persistence of the pig-associated markers was measured by real-time PCR and compared with the survival of Escherichia coli and enterococci. Decay was characterized by the estimation of the time needed to produce a 1-log reduction (T90). The greatest changes were observed at 20°C under aerobic conditions, leading to a reduction in the diversity of the bacterial populations and in the concentrations of the Pig-1-Bac, Pig-2-Bac and Lactobacillus amylovorus markers with a T90 of 10·5, 8·1 and 17·2 days, respectively. Conclusions: Oxygen and temperature were found to have a combined effect on the persistence of the pig-associated markers in river waters. Significance and Impact of the Study: The persistence profiles of the Pig-1-Bac, Pig-2-Bac and Lact. amylovorus markers in addition to their high specificity and sensitivity support their use as relevant markers to identify pig faecal contamination in river waters.
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