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Modified pulsed‐field gel electrophoresis protocol for typing of enterococci
Author(s) -
SAEEDI BAHARAK,
HÄLLGREN ANITA,
JONASSON JON,
NILSSON LENNART E.,
HANBERGER HÅKAN,
ISAKSSON BARBRO
Publication year - 2002
Publication title -
apmis
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.909
H-Index - 88
eISSN - 1600-0463
pISSN - 0903-4641
DOI - 10.1034/j.1600-0463.2002.1101205.x
Subject(s) - pulsed field gel electrophoresis , subtyping , gel electrophoresis , typing , dna profiling , dna , capillary electrophoresis , biology , electrophoresis , microbiology and biotechnology , genetics , computer science , genotype , gene , programming language
Controlling the spread of vancomycin‐resistant enterococci (VRE) is an important task in hospital epidemiology. Pulsed‐field gel electrophoresis (PFGE) has become the golden standard for molecular epidemiological characterisation of enterococcal isolates. For separation of DNA fragments by PFGE, different electrophoresis conditions have been recommended, but none of these protocols allows a satisfactory separation of both small and large DNA fragments of enterococci simultaneously. In this study we have speeded up the preparation of chromosomal DNA and defined new electrophoresis conditions that enhance separation of small and large DNA fragments for subtyping of enterococci with a 24 h PFGE.