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Molecular typing of epidemic and nonepidemic Vibrio cholerae isolates and differentiation of V. cholerae and V. mimicus isolates by PCR–single‐strand conformation polymorphism analysis
Author(s) -
Reen F.J.,
Boyd E.F.
Publication year - 2005
Publication title -
journal of applied microbiology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.889
H-Index - 156
eISSN - 1365-2672
pISSN - 1364-5072
DOI - 10.1111/j.1365-2672.2004.02451.x
Subject(s) - vibrio cholerae , biology , groel , typing , genetics , single strand conformation polymorphism , polymerase chain reaction , microbiology and biotechnology , cholera , virology , gene , escherichia coli , bacteria
Aims: To examine the utility of polymerase chain reaction (PCR)–single‐strand conformation polymorphism (SSCP) analysis to differentiate epidemic and nonepidemic Vibrio cholerae isolates as well as to differentiate V. cholerae and Vibrio mimicus isolates. Methods and Results: By both PCR–restriction fragment length polymorphism (RFLP) and PCR–SSCP analysis of groEL ‐I on chromosome 1 and groEL ‐II on chromosome 2, V. cholerae isolates gave distinct profiles compared with V. mimicus isolates. In addition, PCR–SSCP analysis of groEL ‐I and groEL ‐II could differentiate between V. cholerae epidemic and nonepidemic isolates. Interestingly, the relationships among strains based on groEL ‐I from chromosome 1 and groEL ‐II from chromosome 2 were congruent with each other, highlighting the conserved evolutionary history of both chromosomes in this species. Conclusions: PCR–SSCP is a powerful typing technique, which has the ability to differentiate V. cholerae and V. mimicus isolates. The epidemic V. cholerae O1/O139 serogroup isolates represent a clonal complex distinct from non‐O1/non‐O139 isolates that can be identified by PCR–SSCP analysis. Significance and Impact of the Study: This study highlights the effectiveness of using reliable molecular typing methods and in particular PCR–SSCP, to identify genetic variation among V. cholerae and V. mimicus isolates.