title: A Staphylococcus aureus-specific oligonucleotide probe derived from 16S rRNA gene sequences.
abstract: Genes encoding 16S rRNA were sequenced from 16 species of Staphylococcus. Sequence analysis highlighted a potential Staph. aureus-specific region and a complementary oligonucleotide probe was synthesized and its specificity tested. Northern blotting indicated molecular specificity, and dot blots to RNA from Staph. aureus, Staph. capitis, Staph. caprae, Staph. carnosus, Staph. caseolyticus, Staph. cohnii, Staph. epidermidis, Staph. gallinarum, Staph. haemolyticus, Staph. hominis, Staph. hyicus, Staph. saprophyticus, Staph. sciuri, Staph. simulans, Staph. warneri and Staph. xylosus indicated species-specificity.
authors.affiliation: AFRC Institute for Animal Health, Compton, Newbury, UK.
authors.forename: R W
authors.initials: RW
authors.lastname: Bentley
authors.forename: N M
authors.initials: NM
authors.lastname: Harland
authors.forename: J A
authors.initials: JA
authors.lastname: Leigh
authors.forename: M D
authors.initials: MD
authors.lastname: Collins
mesh_terms: D001482:Base Composition; D001483:Base Sequence; D015152:Blotting, Northern; D005798:Genes, Bacterial; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D009693:Nucleic Acid Hybridization; D015345:Oligonucleotide Probes / Q000737:chemistry; D012329:RNA, Bacterial / Q000737:chemistry / Q000235:genetics*; D012336:RNA, Ribosomal, 16S / Q000235:genetics* / Q000302:isolation & purification; D016415:Sequence Alignment; D012689:Sequence Homology, Nucleic Acid; D013045:Species Specificity; D013210:Staphylococcus / Q000235:genetics; D013211:Staphylococcus aureus / Q000235:genetics* / Q000302:isolation & purification
chemical_list: D015345:Oligonucleotide Probes; D012329:RNA, Bacterial; D012336:RNA, Ribosomal, 16S