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1999: Hyytiä E; Björkroth J; Hielm S; Korkeala H
Characterisation of Clostridium botulinum groups I and II by randomly amplified polymorphic DNA analysis and repetitive element sequence-based PCR.
International journal of food microbiology 1999;48(3):179-89.
Random amplified polymorphic DNA analysis (RAPD) and repetitive element sequence-based PCR (rep-PCR) were evaluated with respect to their applicability to characterise Clostridium botulinum group I and II strains, the species causing human botulism. Fifteen group I and 21 group II strains of various geographical and temporal origins were characterised with four single arbitrary RAPD primers at low stringency amplification conditions and with a degenerate REP primer pair at moderately stringent conditions. Ready-To-Go RAPD Analysis Beads and Ready-To-Go PCR Beads were used for PCR reactions with RAPD and rep-PCR, respectively. Arbitrary primer OPJ 6 yielded the most discriminating patterns, and distinguished group II C. botulinum serotypes at the strain level. Group I strains were mainly discriminated at the serotype level. The discriminatory power of rep-PCR was found to be inferior to that of RAPD. The REP1R-Dt and REP2R-Dt primer pair generated group I- and II-specific fragments and arbitrary primer OPJ 13 produced a serotype E-specific fragment. The use of pre-dispensed and pre-optimised beads attributed to highly reproducible results. As compared to more time-consuming typing methods, such as pulsed-field gel electrophoresis (PFGE), both RAPD and rep-PCR were characterised by rapid performance and a typeability of 100%.

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