title: Application of an arbitrarily-primed polymerase chain reaction to mycoplasma identification and typing within the Mycoplasma mycoides cluster.
abstract: An arbitrarily-primed polymerase chain reaction (AP-PCR) was developed using a primer pair, Mlip1 and Mlip4, for members of the Mycoplasma mycoides cluster, a group containing important pathogens of small and large ruminants. Parameters that influence the reproducibility of this assay were optimized: magnesium, primer and template concentrations, and pH. AP-PCR fingerprinting, carried out on a number of strains of each of the six species or subspecies belonging to the mycoides cluster, allowed the typing of strains within each group. The AP-PCR assay showed that the cluster can be divided into two groups: (i) high and (ii) no genomic polymorphism variation. In addition, specific polymorphic bands for members of species or subspecies included in this cluster were amplified by this AP-PCR method, thus allowing their identification.
authors.affiliation: Roussel Uclaf, Domaine thérapeutique Immunologie, Romainville, France.
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Rawadi
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Lemercier
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Roulland-Dussoix
mesh_terms: D015373:Bacterial Typing Techniques; D001483:Base Sequence; D017931:DNA Primers; D004269:DNA, Bacterial / Q000032:analysis; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D009176:Mycoplasma mycoides / Q000145:classification* / Q000235:genetics / Q000302:isolation & purification; D016133:Polymerase Chain Reaction / Q000379:methods* / Q000592:standards; D015203:Reproducibility of Results
chemical_list: D017931:DNA Primers; D004269:DNA, Bacterial