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Volume 141, Issue 9

Species-specific identification of by PCR Free

Abstract

The Random Amplified Polymorphic DNA (RAPD) technique was used in the identification of a species-specific fragment of . A fragment of approximately 500 bp was amplified from the genome of 15 different strains, including BCG Pasteur, but was shown to be absent in 26 different mycobacteria and 20 different clinical isolates of . When the fragment was used as a probe in a Southern blot analysis, several radioactive bands common to and were observed. However, this fragment hybridized specifically to a 2900 bp RI fragment in the genome, but failed to hybridize in either or chromosomal DNA. Based on a partial nucleotide sequence of the 500 bp fragment, two oligonucleotide primers were designed and a PCR assay was developed. Using purified mycobacterial DNA samples, only and BCG rendered a unique amplification band. This PCR assay is able to detect down to 10 fg purified DNA, which corresponds roughly to two bacilli. The assay is also useful for identifying the bacilli directly from uncultured biological samples, such as milk.

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Keyword(s): diagnosis , Mycobacterium bovis , PCR and RAPD
Society for General Microbiology 1995
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