title: RAPD (random amplified polymorphic DNA) analysis of Giardia DNA and correlation with isoenzyme data.
abstract: Fourteen Giardia duodenalis isolates were examined using the RAPD (random amplified polymorphic deoxyribonucleic acid) technique. Simple reproducible polymorphisms were generated using 3 different RAPD primers. The results generated by each primer were very similar and were significantly correlated with each other. These data were then compared to existing isoenzyme electrophoresis data on the same isolates. The RAPD data divided the isolates into 10 groupings or rapdemes while the isoenzyme data divided them into 10 similar zymodemes. Both methods grouped 4 isolates (BAH42, BAH44c9, BAH12c9 and BAH39c7), which comprised a phenotypically heterogeneous assemblage with respect to growth rate and metabolism, into similar groupings. The 2 methods were significantly correlated (P < 0.001). It will therefore be possible to use RAPD for the characterization of isolates of Giardia, and other parasites such as Cryptosporidium, which are refractory to cultivation in vitro.
authors.affiliation: Institute for Molecular Genetics and Animal Disease, School of Veterinary Studies, Murdoch University, Western Australia.
authors.forename: U M
authors.initials: UM
authors.lastname: Morgan
authors.forename: C C
authors.initials: CC
authors.lastname: Constantine
authors.forename: W K
authors.initials: WK
authors.lastname: Greene
authors.forename: R C
authors.initials: RC
authors.lastname: Thompson
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001483:Base Sequence; D002415:Cats; D002417:Cattle; D016054:DNA, Protozoan / Q000032:analysis*; D004587:Electrophoresis, Agar Gel; D016829:Giardia lamblia / Q000145:classification / Q000201:enzymology / Q000235:genetics*; D006801:Humans; D007527:Isoenzymes / Q000032:analysis*; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D010641:Phenotype; D016133:Polymerase Chain Reaction / Q000379:methods*; D012756:Sheep
chemical_list: D016054:DNA, Protozoan; D007527:Isoenzymes