title: Specific detection of Campylobacter concisus by PCR amplification of 23S rDNA areas.
abstract: The phenotypic detection of Campylobacter concisus, a species of considerable genomic and phenotypic heterogeneity, has proven to be rather tedious in the past. Although alternative methods like DNA:DNA hybridization, immunotyping or whole-cell protein electrophoresis are valuable for the specific detection of C. concisus, they are too laborious to be performed in routine settings. Hence a simple Campylobacter concisus-specific PCR assay was developed, based on a target sequence which comprises the most variable areas of 23S rDNA. The PCR assay was successfully evaluated on a broad selection of C. concisus strains and phylogenetically related bacteria.
mesh_terms: D015373:Bacterial Typing Techniques; D001483:Base Sequence; D002167:Campylobacter / Q000145:classification / Q000235:genetics / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D004269:DNA, Bacterial / Q000235:genetics*; D004275:DNA, Ribosomal / Q000235:genetics*; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D010802:Phylogeny; D016133:Polymerase Chain Reaction; D012338:RNA, Ribosomal, 23S / Q000235:genetics
chemical_list: D004269:DNA, Bacterial; D004275:DNA, Ribosomal; D012338:RNA, Ribosomal, 23S