Affiliation:
1. Stavropol Plague Control Research Institute
Abstract
Scientific relevance. The number of live bacteria is a quality parameter controlled at all stages of live plague vaccine production. Currently, live microbial cell counting uses a bacteriological method. However, flow cytometry has the potential to increase analytical accuracy and reduce testing time.Aim. This study aimed at testing the applicability of flow cytometry to assessing the quality of live plague vaccines.Materials and methods. The study quantified live microbial cells in 5 experimental batches of live plague vaccine as part of their quality control using the bacteriological method according to the State Pharmacopoeia of the Russian Federation (FS.3.3.1.0022.15). Cytofluorometry of the samples used the SynaptoGreen fluorescent dye.Results. The study quantified live microbial cells in live plague vaccine samples using the bacteriological method and flow cytometry. The results obtained by the bacteriological method ranged from 27.8±2.2 to 56.5±3.1% with an average of 39.8±5.4%. The results obtained by flow cytometry ranged from 29.2±1.2 to 59.1±2.1% with an average of 41.7±5.5%. The statistical analysis showed no significant difference between the results of vaccine quality control by both methods, as well as a high coefficient of determination.Conclusions. The results show that flow cytometry is an appropriate method for the quantification of live microbial cells as part of the quality control of plague vaccines. Being quick, easy, and highly informative, flow cytometry is preferable to traditional methods.
Subject
General Earth and Planetary Sciences,General Environmental Science
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