Biotechnology Bulletin ›› 2023, Vol. 39 ›› Issue (5): 297-305.doi: 10.13560/j.cnki.biotech.bull.1985.2022-1207

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Effects of Supercritical CO2 Combined with Ginger Essential Oil on the Sterilization of Vibrio parahaemolyticus and Its Mechanism

HUANG Ya-ning(), ZHANG Hai-jiao, HAN Yu-qian, LIU Zun-ying()   

  1. College of Food Science and Engineering, Ocean University of China, Qingdao 266000
  • Received:2022-09-30 Online:2023-05-26 Published:2023-06-08
  • Contact: LIU Zun-ying E-mail:2874937370@qq.com;liuzunying@ouc.edu.cn

Abstract:

The objective is to optimize the low pressure and low temperature sterilization technology of supercritical CO2 and to reduce the influence of bacterial quorum sensing on the sterilization effect. The LC-MS and phenol sulfuric acid were used to determine the contents of quorum sensing signal molecules and exopolysaccharides of Vibrio parahaemolyticus, respectively. The micro diffusion method was applied to determine the quorum sensing inhibitory activity of selected quorum sensing inhibitor ginger essential oil, and the combined supercritical CO2 sterilization process was optimized. The quorum sensing signal molecules and exopolysaccharides accumulated in the bacterial suspension with the increase of the total number of colonies, activating the expression of related genes, thereby enhancing cell sensing, leading to the decline of the bactericidal effect of supercritical CO2. Ginger essential oil can be used as quorum sensing inhibitor, and the minimum inhibitory concentration was 200 μg/mL, and it significantly inhibited the mobility of Vibrio parahaemolyticus, biofilm formation(64.20% of inhibition rate)and the production of exopolysaccharides in bacterial suspension(45.1% of inhibition rate)at the sub inhibitory concentration. The optimal process of quorum sensing inhibitor combined with supercritical CO2 sterilization is quorum sensing inhibitor concentration 75 μg/mL, and the sterilization conditions are 15 MPa, 40℃, and 20 min. In conclusion, ginger essential oil can be used as a quorum sensing inhibitor to enhance the effect of supercritical CO2 sterilization, providing a theoretical basis for the application of quorum sensing inhibitors.

Key words: Vibrio parahaemolyticus, quorum sensing, supercritical CO2 sterilization, ginger essential oil