RRC ID 2911
著者 Conville PS, Zelazny AM, Witebsky FG.
タイトル Analysis of secA1 gene sequences for identification of Nocardia species.
ジャーナル J Clin Microbiol
Abstract Molecular methodologies, especially 16S rRNA gene sequence analysis, have allowed the recognition of many new species of Nocardia and to date have been the most precise methods for identifying isolates reliably to the species level. We describe here a novel method for identifying Nocardia isolates by using sequence analysis of a portion of the secA1 gene. A region of the secA1 gene of 30 type or reference strains of Nocardia species was amplified using secA1-specific primers. Sequence analysis of 468 bp allowed clear differentiation of all species, with a range of interspecies similarity of 85.0% to 98.7%. Corresponding 16S rRNA gene sequences of a 1,285-bp region for the same isolates showed a range of interspecies similarity of 94.4 to 99.8%. In addition to the type and reference strains, a 468-bp fragment of the secA1 gene was sequenced from 40 clinical isolates of 12 Nocardia species previously identified by 16S rRNA gene sequence analysis. The secA1 gene sequences of most isolates showed >99.0% similarity to the secA1 sequences of the type or reference strain to which their identification corresponded, with a range of 95.3 to 100%. Comparison of the deduced 156 amino acid sequences of the SecA1 proteins of the clinical isolates showed between zero and two amino acid residue differences compared to that of the corresponding type or reference strain. Sequencing of the secA1 gene, and using deduced amino acid sequences of the SecA1 protein, may provide a more discriminative and precise method for the identification of Nocardia isolates than 16S rRNA gene sequencing.
巻・号 44(8)
ページ 2760-6
公開日 2006-8-1
DOI 10.1128/JCM.00155-06
PII 44/8/2760
PMID 16891489
PMC PMC1594632
MeSH Adenosine Triphosphatases / genetics* Bacterial Proteins / genetics* Cluster Analysis DNA, Bacterial / chemistry DNA, Bacterial / genetics* DNA, Ribosomal / genetics Humans Membrane Transport Proteins / genetics* Molecular Sequence Data Nocardia / classification* Nocardia / genetics* Phylogeny RNA, Ribosomal, 16S / genetics SEC Translocation Channels SecA Proteins Sequence Analysis, DNA* Sequence Homology
IF 5.897
引用数 55
WOS 分野 MICROBIOLOGY
リソース情報
病原微生物 JCM 10666 JCM 3360 JCM 10988