title: Use of amplified ribosomal DNA restriction analysis for identification of Ralstonia and Pandoraea species: interest in determination of the respiratory bacterial flora in patients with cystic fibrosis.
abstract: The recovery of Ralstonia and Pandoraea species from respiratory tract cultures of patients with cystic fibrosis has recently been reported. These species are difficult to identify, and especially to differentiate from Burkholderia cepacia complex organisms, with classical methods. The discriminatory power of amplified ribosomal DNA restriction analysis (ARDRA) within the two genera was assessed by comparing the restriction profiles of reference strains of each species by using a panel of six enzymes already proven suitable for the identification of Burkholderia species. ARDRA provided differentiation of all the Ralstonia species tested and of Pandoraea norimbergensis. Pandoraea species P. pnomenusa, P. sputorum, P. pulmonicola, and P. apista were not discriminated to the species level. This method allowed the identification of five clinical isolates recovered from French cystic fibrosis patients as Ralstonia mannitolilytica.
authors.affiliation: Observatoire Cepacia/Vaincre la Mucoviscidose, Laboratoire de Bactériologie-Hygiène, Hôpital Rangueil-TSA 50032, 31059 Toulouse Cedex 9, France. segonds@cict.fr
authors.forename: Christine
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Segonds
authors.forename: Sandrine
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Paute
authors.forename: Gérard
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Chabanon
mesh_terms: D015373:Bacterial Typing Techniques; D020562:Betaproteobacteria / Q000145:classification* / Q000235:genetics / Q000302:isolation & purification; D003550:Cystic Fibrosis / Q000382:microbiology*; D004269:DNA, Bacterial / Q000032:analysis; D004275:DNA, Ribosomal / Q000032:analysis / Q000235:genetics*; D016905:Gram-Negative Bacterial Infections / Q000382:microbiology*; D006801:Humans; D012150:Polymorphism, Restriction Fragment Length; D012336:RNA, Ribosomal, 16S / Q000235:genetics; D012137:Respiratory System / Q000382:microbiology*; D015183:Restriction Mapping; D013045:Species Specificity
chemical_list: D004269:DNA, Bacterial; D004275:DNA, Ribosomal; D012336:RNA, Ribosomal, 16S