title: Development of mycobacterial species-specific DNA probes by subtraction hybridization.
abstract: Subtraction hybridization was used to identify sequences of Mycobacterium bovis DNA which might be of diagnostic value. Genomic DNA from Mycobacterium avium, isolated commonly from cattle and whose tuberculin is used in the comparative intradermal tuberculin test, was subtracted from M. bovis genomic DNA. A novel sequence, of 131 bp, which appears to be Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex-specific was identified. The specificity of this sequence was stringently tested by a probe and polymerase chain reaction (PCR) assay. Nucleotide identity determination and sequence comparisons revealed that the 131-bp sequence is located directly upstream of a potential isocitrate dehydrogenase (IDH) coding gene and may be of diagnostic value, enabling differentiation of M. tuberculosis complex mycobacteria from other mycobacterial species.
authors.affiliation: Department of Agriculture for Northern Ireland, Veterinary Sciences Division, Belfast, Ireland.
authors.forename: M S
authors.initials: MS
authors.lastname: Hughes
authors.forename: L A
authors.initials: LA
authors.lastname: Beck
authors.forename: R A
authors.initials: RA
authors.lastname: Skuce
authors.forename: S D
authors.initials: SD
authors.lastname: Neill
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001483:Base Sequence; D002417:Cattle; D015342:DNA Probes / Q000235:genetics* / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D004269:DNA, Bacterial / Q000235:genetics / Q000302:isolation & purification; D015336:Molecular Probe Techniques; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D009162:Mycobacterium avium / Q000235:genetics; D009163:Mycobacterium bovis / Q000235:genetics*; D009169:Mycobacterium tuberculosis / Q000235:genetics; D009693:Nucleic Acid Hybridization / Q000379:methods*; D013045:Species Specificity; D014380:Tuberculosis, Bovine / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000382:microbiology
chemical_list: D015342:DNA Probes; D004269:DNA, Bacterial