title: Specific detection of Leuconostoc mesenteroides subsp. mesenteroides with DNA primers identified by randomly amplified polymorphic DNA analysis.
abstract: Randomly amplified polymorphic DNA analysis using primer 239 (5' CTGAAGCGGA 3') was performed to characterize Leuconostoc sp. strains. All the strains of Leuconostoc mesenteroides subsp. mesenteroides (with the exception of two strains), two strains formerly identified as L. gelidum, and one strain of Leuconostoc showed a common band at about 1.1 kb. This DNA fragment was cloned and sequenced in order to verify its suitability for identifying L. mesenteroides subsp. mesenteroides strains.
authors.affiliation: Dipartimento di Scienza degli Alimenti, Sezione di Microbiologia Agraria, Alimentare ed Ambientale e di Igiene, Università degli Studi di Napoli "Federico II," I 80055 Portici, Italy.
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Moschetti
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Blaiotta
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Villani
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Coppola
mesh_terms: D017931:DNA Primers; D004269:DNA, Bacterial / Q000032:analysis; D007934:Leuconostoc / Q000145:classification / Q000235:genetics / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D016133:Polymerase Chain Reaction / Q000379:methods; D019105:Random Amplified Polymorphic DNA Technique
chemical_list: D017931:DNA Primers; D004269:DNA, Bacterial