title: Use of an oligonucleotide probe to detect Vibrio parahaemolyticus in artificially contaminated oysters.
abstract: A 26-mer oligonucleotide specific to Vibrio parahaemolyticus was synthesized from a 1,275-bp thermostable direct hemolysin (tdh) gene. This oligonucleotide probe specifically reacted with DNA from 89 of 95 V. parahaemolyticus isolates but not with DNA from other vibrios or other enteric and nonenteric organisms (n = 48). The probe hybridized with Southern blots of 0.5-kb HindIII-restricted chromosomal DNA fragments from all but five V. parahaemolyticus test isolates. The probe could be used to directly identify V. parahaemolyticus in artificially contaminated food without an isolation step.
authors.affiliation: Department of Agricultural Chemistry, National Taiwan University, Taipei, Republic of China.
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Lee
authors.forename: L H
authors.initials: LH
authors.lastname: Chen
authors.forename: M L
authors.initials: ML
authors.lastname: Liu
authors.forename: Y C
authors.initials: YC
authors.lastname: Su
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001483:Base Sequence; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D015345:Oligonucleotide Probes; D010125:Ostreidae / Q000382:microbiology*; D013045:Species Specificity; D014736:Vibrio parahaemolyticus / Q000235:genetics / Q000302:isolation & purification*
chemical_list: D015345:Oligonucleotide Probes