Identification of DNA sequences specific for Vibrio vulnificus biotype 2 strains by suppression subtractive hybridization |
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Authors: | Lee Chung-Te Amaro Carmen Sanjuán Eva Hor Lien-I |
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Institution: | Department of Microbiology and Immunology, College of Medicine, National Cheng-Kung University, Tainan 701, Taiwan, Republic of China. |
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Abstract: | Vibrio vulnificus can be divided into three biotypes, and only biotype 2, which is further divided into serovars, contains eel-virulent strains. We compared the genomic DNA of a biotype 2 serovar E isolate (tester) with the genomic DNAs of three biotype 1 strains by suppression subtractive hybridization and then tested the distribution of the tester-specific DNA sequences in a wide collection of bacterial strains. In this way we identified three plasmid-borne DNA sequences that were specific for biotype 2 strains irrespective of the serovar and three chromosomal DNA sequences that were specific for serovar E biotype 2 strains. These sequences have potential for use in the diagnosis of eel vibriosis caused by V. vulnificus and in the detection of biotype 2 serovar E strains. |
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