Development of a fast DNA-DNA hybridization method based on melting profiles in microplates |
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Authors: | Mehlen André Goeldner Marcia Ried Sabine Stindl Sibylle Ludwig Wolfgang Schleifer Karl-Heinz |
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Affiliation: | aDepartment of Microbiology, Technical University Munich, Freising, Germany |
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Abstract: | DNA-DNA hybridization is still the “gold standard” for the genotypic delineation of bacterial species. However, it is not widely used because traditional DNA-DNA hybridization techniques are rather time-consuming and not easy to perform in routine laboratories. In the present study, DNA of reference strains was digested with Sau3A, ligated with linker oligonucleotides S1/2 and in vitro amplified. The amplified DNA fragments were immobilized on MaxiSorb 96-well plates. DNA isolated from target strains was also digested with Sau3A, ligated with linker oligonuleotides P1/2 and in vitro amplified in the presence of digoxygenin modified dUTP. The labeled amplificate was hybridized to the immobilized reference DNA under isothermal conditions. Thermal denaturation curves of the DNA-DNA hybrids were obtained by using washing solutions of increasing stringency. Remaining hybrids were colorimetrically detected with anti-digoxygenin-horseradish peroxidase anti-bodies. The new method was validated with strains of the genus Pedioccocus for which DNA-DNA similarities have also been determined by the filter hybridization method. In addition, DNA-DNA hybridizations were performed with genotypically defined Enterobacter species. |
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Keywords: | DNA-DNA hybridization microplates thermal profiles Pediococcus Enterobacter |
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