Thermo Scientific™ Bacillus Cereus Enterotoxin Reversed Passive Latex Agglutination Kit (BCET – RPLA)

Description

• Rapidly detect Bacillus cereus enterotoxin (diarrhoeal type) in foods and culture filtrates with Thermo Scientific™ Oxoid™ Bacillus Cereus Enterotoxin Reversed Passive Latex Agglutination Kit
• The technique of reversed passive latex agglutination (RPLA) enables soluble antigens such as bacterial toxins to be detected in an agglutination assay
• The BCET-RPLA test may be used to detect B
• cereus enterotoxin in a variety of foods and to give a semi-quantitative result
• The test may also be used to demonstrate enterotoxin production by isolates of B
• cereus grown in culture
• Bacillus cereus is a common inhabitant of many different environments and can easily contaminate food
• If contaminated foods are not cooled sufficiently after cooking and there is an extended time between preparation and consumption of foods, then surviving heat-resistant spores can germinate, enabling the organism to multiply and produce toxins
• Under these circumstances, B cereus can cause food poisoning
• Use Bacillus cereus Enterotoxin RPLA test for simple and semi-quantitative detection of staphylococcal enterotoxins in food samples
• Simple – easy to implement Visual – easy to read results In a standard agglutination assay, the soluble antibody reacts with a particulate antigen such as bacterial cells
• However, in a reversed agglutination assay the antibody, which is attached to particles, reacts with the soluble antigen
• The particles (in this case, latex) do not themselves play a part in the reaction and they are therefore passive
• The cross-linking of the latex particles by the specific antigen/antibody reaction results in the visible latex agglutination reaction
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