Characterization of an IS Element in <Emphasis Type="Italic">Mycoplasma orale</Emphasis> That Is Highly Homologous to <Emphasis Type="Italic">M. fermentans</Emphasis> ISLE |
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Authors: | Susan E Ditty BingJie Li Shimin Zhang Nianxiang Zou Shyh-Ching Lo |
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Institution: | (1) American Registry of Pathology, Department of Infectious and Parasitic Diseases Pathology, Washington, DC 20306, USA, US;(2) Armed Forces Institute of Pathology, Washington, DC 20306, USA, US |
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Abstract: | In a previous study, using a primer set designed from Mycoplasma fermentans, we amplified a PCR fragment from Mycoplasma orale similar to the 206-bp DNA fragment amplified from M. fermentans insertion-sequence-like element (ISLE). The presence of this similar ISLE fragment has the potential to cause confusion in
the PCR diagnosis of M. fermentans and M. orale, which have significantly different clinical scenarios. An ISLE from three different M. orale strains was amplified by using a primer set designed from sequence within the left and right terminal stem and loop (S&L)
structures flanking the ISLE of M. fermentans. Sequence analysis showed that the M. orale ISLE is 93% identical to that of M. fermentans at the nucleotide level and codes for two open reading frames also found in the M. fermentans ISLE. This is the first finding that two different mycoplasma species harbor highly homologous IS elements. This finding
has great significance in clinical diagnosis and suggests a possibility of horizontal transfer of an IS element between two
different mycoplasma species.
Received: 17 April 2002 / Accepted: 9 July 2002 |
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