title: Amplification of Salmonella chromosomal DNA using the polymerase chain reaction.
abstract: A Salmonella-specific polymerase chain reaction (PCR) was developed and standardized. The origin of the primers was a recombinant clone (C7) that contained Salmonella-specific HindIII fragment DNA of 2.1-kilobase pairs. Based on the sequence data of Salmonella enteritidis recombinant clone C7, two primers designated NK1 (21 nucleotides) and NK2 (24 nucleotides) were synthesized for use in the PCR. A Salmonella-specific 2.0-kilobase pair DNA product was amplified by the primers from 23 species of Salmonella, but not from 19 enteric and non-enteric bacteria. As little as 330 fg of Salmonella DNA was detected using either ethidium bromide/ultraviolet exposure of gels or Southern blot hybridization with a C7 clone.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pathobiology, College of Agriculture and Natural Resources, University of Connecticut, Storrs 06269-3089.
authors.forename: A V
authors.initials: AV
authors.lastname: Nguyen
authors.forename: M I
authors.initials: MI
authors.lastname: Khan
authors.forename: Z
authors.initials: Z
authors.lastname: Lu
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001483:Base Sequence; D002876:Chromosomes, Bacterial; D017931:DNA Primers; D004269:DNA, Bacterial / Q000032:analysis* / Q000235:genetics; D015247:Deoxyribonuclease HindIII; D004755:Enterobacteriaceae / Q000235:genetics / Q000302:isolation & purification; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D016133:Polymerase Chain Reaction / Q000379:methods*; D011200:Poultry; D015183:Restriction Mapping; D012475:Salmonella / Q000235:genetics* / Q000302:isolation & purification; D013045:Species Specificity; D013552:Swine
chemical_list: D017931:DNA Primers; D004269:DNA, Bacterial; D015247:Deoxyribonuclease HindIII