title: Comparison of three molecular methods for typing Aeromonas popoffii isolates.
abstract: Three typing methods, restriction fragment length polymorphism (RFLP) of the 16S-23S intergenic spacer region (ISR), PCR amplification of the enterobacterial repetitive intergenic consensus (ERIC) and of the repetitive extragenic palindromic units (REP), were evaluated for typing 26 isolates of Aeromonas popoffii from different geographical origins. When the methods were independently studied, ERIC showed the highest discriminatory power. When the methods were combined, the best combination of two methods was ERIC with REP since strains showed a tendency to cluster according to their geographical origin. However, this tendency was reinforced with the addition of ISR-RFLP.
authors.affiliation: Unitat de Microbiologia, Departament de Ciències Mèdiques Bàsiques, Facultat de Medicina i Ciències de la Salut, Universitat Rovira i Virgili, Sant Llorenç 21, 43201 Reus, Spain.
authors.forename: Lara
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Soler
authors.forename: Maria Jose
authors.initials: MJ
authors.lastname: Figueras
authors.forename: Matilde R
authors.initials: MR
authors.lastname: Chacón
authors.forename: Josep
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Guarro
authors.forename: Antonio J
authors.initials: AJ
authors.lastname: Martinez-Murcia
mesh_terms: D000333:Aeromonas / Q000145:classification* / Q000235:genetics; D015373:Bacterial Typing Techniques; D001530:Belgium; D004269:DNA, Bacterial / Q000032:analysis; D021903:DNA, Ribosomal Spacer / Q000032:analysis; D005618:Fresh Water / Q000382:microbiology*; D016133:Polymerase Chain Reaction / Q000379:methods*; D012150:Polymorphism, Restriction Fragment Length; D012336:RNA, Ribosomal, 16S / Q000235:genetics; D012338:RNA, Ribosomal, 23S / Q000235:genetics; D012606:Scotland; D012623:Seawater / Q000382:microbiology*; D013557:Switzerland
chemical_list: D004269:DNA, Bacterial; D021903:DNA, Ribosomal Spacer; D012336:RNA, Ribosomal, 16S; D012338:RNA, Ribosomal, 23S