title: Genotyping of Flavobacterium psychrophilum using PCR-RFLP analysis.
abstract: Genetic variability among 242 strains of Flavobacterium psychrophilum was characterized using polymerase chain reaction (PCR) followed by restriction fragment length polymorphism (RFLP) analysis. Universal Primers GYR-1 and GYR-1R, which were designed to amplify the gyrase subunit B gene (gyrB), yielded a 1178 bp PCR product encoding gyrB and a 290 bp PCR product of anonymous DNA from all F. psychrophilum strains tested. In the RFLP analysis of the anonymous 290 bp DNA marker, the restriction enzyme HinfI generated 2 cleavage patterns (Genotypes A and B). Genotype A was found only in isolates from ayu (n = 109), while Genotype B was found in isolates from coho salmon (n = 11), ayu (n = 35), rainbow trout (n = 43) and other fishes (n = 44). In the second experiment, Primers PSY-G1F and PSY-G1R specific for F. psychrophilum, were used to amplify gyrB. The specific primer pair amplified the expected size (1017 bp) PCR product from all F. psychrophilum strains. In the RFLP analysis of the gyrB, the restriction enzyme RsaI produced 2 genotypes, R and S. Genotype R was found in isolates from coho salmon (n = 6), ayu (n = 27), rainbow trout (n = 39) and other fishes (n = 4). Genotype S was found in isolates from coho salmon (n = 5), ayu (n = 117), rainbow trout (n = 4) and other fishes (n = 40).
authors.affiliation: Department of Aquatic Bioscience, Graduate School of Agricultural and Life Sciences, The University of Tokyo, Yayoi, Bunkyo, Tokyo 113-8657, Japan. s-izumi@aa.e-mansion.com
authors.forename: Shotaro
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Izumi
authors.forename: Futoshi
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Aranishi
authors.forename: Hisatsugu
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Wakabayashi
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001483:Base Sequence; D017931:DNA Primers; D004587:Electrophoresis, Agar Gel; D005399:Fishes / Q000382:microbiology*; D005417:Flavobacterium / Q000235:genetics*; D014644:Genetic Variation; D005843:Geography; D007564:Japan; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D016133:Polymerase Chain Reaction; D012150:Polymorphism, Restriction Fragment Length; D017422:Sequence Analysis, DNA
chemical_list: D017931:DNA Primers