RRC ID 47507
Author No AR, Okada K, Kogure K, Park KS.
Title Rapid detection of Vibrio parahaemolyticus by PCR targeted to the histone-like nucleoid structure (H-NS) gene and its genetic characterization.
Journal Lett Appl Microbiol
Abstract AIMS:The aim of this study was to explore a new PCR target gene for Vibrio parahaemolyticus, based on the histone-like nucleoid structure (H-NS) gene.
METHODS AND RESULTS:Primers for the H-NS gene were designed for specificity to V. parahaemolyticus and incorporated into a PCR assay. The PCR assay was able to specifically detect all of the 82 V. parahaemolyticus strains tested, but did not result in amplification in the 47 other Vibrio spp. and nonVibrio spp. strains. The detection limit of the PCR assay was 0.14 pg purified genomic DNA and 1.8 × 10(5) CFU g(-1) spiked oyster samples from V. parahaemolyticus RIMD2210633. Furthermore, a multiplex PCR assay targeting the hns, tdh and trh genes was successfully developed to detect virulent V. parahaemolyticus strains.
CONCLUSIONS:The H-NS-based PCR assay developed in this study was sensitive and specific, with great potential for field detection of V. parahaemolyticus in seawater or seafood samples.
SIGNIFICANCE AND IMPACT OF THE STUDY:The H-NS gene was validated as a new specific marker gene in PCR assays for accurate detection and identification of V. parahaemolyticus, which has the potential to be applied in diagnostics and taxonomic studies.
Volume 53(2)
Pages 127-33
Published 2011-8-1
DOI 10.1111/j.1472-765X.2011.03072.x
PMID 21535049
MeSH Animals Bacterial Proteins / genetics* Bacterial Typing Techniques Base Sequence DNA Primers / genetics DNA-Binding Proteins / genetics* Molecular Sequence Data Ostreidae / microbiology Polymerase Chain Reaction / methods Seafood / microbiology Shellfish / microbiology Vibrio / genetics Vibrio parahaemolyticus / classification Vibrio parahaemolyticus / genetics* Vibrio parahaemolyticus / isolation & purification
IF 2.173
Times Cited 6
WOS Category BIOTECHNOLOGY & APPLIED MICROBIOLOGY MICROBIOLOGY
Resource
General Microbes JCM1284