title: PCR for detection of Shigella spp. in mayonnaise.
abstract: The use of PCR to amplify a specific virA gene fragment serves as a highly specific and sensitive method to detect virulent bacteria of the genus Shigella and enteroinvasive Escherichia coli. Amplification of a 215-bp DNA band was obtained by using isolated genomic DNA of Shigella, individual cells of Shigella dysenteriae, and mayonnaise contaminated with S. dysenteriae. Moreover, a multiplex PCR with specific (virA) and bacterium-restricted (16S ribosomal DNA) primers generated an amplification product of approximately 755 bp for all bacteria tested and an additional 215-bp product for Shigella and enteroinvasive E. coli.
authors.affiliation: Departamento Microbiología, Facultad Biología, Universidad Sevilla, Spain. evpolo@cica.es
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Villalobo
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Torres
mesh_terms: D001426:Bacterial Proteins / Q000235:genetics; D001483:Base Sequence; D017931:DNA Primers / Q000235:genetics; D004926:Escherichia coli / Q000235:genetics / Q000302:isolation & purification / Q000472:pathogenicity; D005069:Evaluation Studies as Topic; D005516:Food Microbiology; D005798:Genes, Bacterial; D016133:Polymerase Chain Reaction / Q000379:methods* / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D012329:RNA, Bacterial / Q000235:genetics; D012336:RNA, Ribosomal, 16S / Q000235:genetics; D012680:Sensitivity and Specificity; D012760:Shigella / Q000235:genetics* / Q000302:isolation & purification* / Q000472:pathogenicity; D012762:Shigella dysenteriae / Q000235:genetics / Q000302:isolation & purification / Q000472:pathogenicity; D014774:Virulence / Q000235:genetics; D037521:Virulence Factors
chemical_list: D001426:Bacterial Proteins; D017931:DNA Primers; D012329:RNA, Bacterial; D012336:RNA, Ribosomal, 16S; D037521:Virulence Factors