title: Evaluation of three methods for DNA fingerprinting of Corynebacterium pseudotuberculosis strains isolated from goats in Poland.
abstract: Phenotypic approaches based on metabolic and biological characteristics of Corynebacterium pseudotuberculosis have been limited due to insufficient discrimination between closely related isolates. In this paper we present performance and convenience of three molecular typing methods: BOX-PCR, random amplification of polymorphic DNA (RAPD) and amplification of DNA fragments surrounding rare restriction site (ADSRRS-fingerprinting) in genome analysis of these bacteria. Among examined 61 strains there were distinguished four, eight and 10 different genotypes by BOX-PCR, RAPD and ADSRRS-fingerprinting, respectively. The value of discrimination index was the lowest for BOX-PCR (D = 0.265), much bigger for RAPD (D = 0.539) and the highest for ADSRRS-fingerprinting (D = 0.604). The good discriminatory ability and reproducibility of RAPD and ADSRRS-fingerprinting indicates that those techniques may be particularly applied for epidemiological studies of C. pseudotuberculosis isolates. We found that ADSRRS-fingerprinting is a rapid method offering good discrimination power, excellent reproducibility and may be applied for epidemiological studies of intraspecific genetic relatedness of C. pseudotuberculosis strains.
authors.affiliation: Department of Preclinical Sciences - SGGW, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Warsaw University of Life Sciences, Warsaw, Poland.
authors.forename: Ilona
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Stefańska
authors.forename: Magdalena
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Rzewuska
authors.forename: Marian
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Binek
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D015373:Bacterial Typing Techniques / Q000379:methods*; D003354:Corynebacterium Infections / Q000382:microbiology / Q000662:veterinary*; D016925:Corynebacterium pseudotuberculosis / Q000145:classification* / Q000235:genetics; D016172:DNA Fingerprinting / Q000379:methods*; D017931:DNA Primers; D004269:DNA, Bacterial / Q000235:genetics; D005838:Genotype; D015511:Goat Diseases / Q000382:microbiology*; D006041:Goats; D008199:Lymphadenitis / Q000382:microbiology / Q000662:veterinary*; D011044:Poland; D016133:Polymerase Chain Reaction; D019105:Random Amplified Polymorphic DNA Technique; D013045:Species Specificity
chemical_list: D017931:DNA Primers; D004269:DNA, Bacterial