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Effects of Different Sampling Methods of Chilled Chickens on the Microbial DNA Extraction and the High-throughput Sequencing Results

Xiang-Xiang HE 2, 2, 2,   

  • Received:2016-12-11 Revised:2017-09-22 Online:2017-12-25 Published:2017-12-07

Abstract: Objective: To compare the swabbing and rinsing methods used for sampling of chilled chickens by evaluating their effects on the microbial DNA extraction and the subsequent high-throughput sequencing. Methods: Four chilled chickens were divided into equal halves and sampled by superficial swabbing and rinsing methods respectively for each half. Microbial genomic DNA was extracted from the collected samples and the V3-V4 region of the bacterial 16S rRNA gene was amplified by PCR. The PCR products were then subjected to high-throughput sequencing on an Illumina HiSeq sequencing platform.The obtained sequences were processed and analyzed using QIIME and other software. Results: There was no difference in bacterial genomic DNA extraction and bacterial community richness, diversity and structures between the samples collected by the two methods (P>0.05). High-throughput sequencing showed that the bacterial community in chilled chicken samples consisted mainly of 7 phyla and 10 main genera. Proteobacteria was the dominant phylum, accounting for more than 70% of the bacterial community; Shewanella, Pseudomonas, Acinetobacter, Psychrobacter, and Brochothrix were the dominant genera, each representing 10% ~ 20% of the bacterial community. Conclusions: The two sampling methods of chilled chicken exhibit no obvious difference in the bacterial DNA extraction and high-throughput sequencing results. However, compared with swabbing, rinsing method has the advantages of easily operating and non-secondary-contamination, so it is more practical in microbiological analysis of chilled chicken. The experiment also provides data for the study of surface bacteria of chilled chicken.

Key words: chilled chicken, bacterial community, swabbing method, rinsing method, high-throughput sequencing

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