scholarly journals Identification of yeasts by RFLP analysis of the 5.8S rRNA gene and the two ribosomal internal transcribed spacers

Author(s):  
B. Esteve-Zarzoso ◽  
C. Belloch ◽  
F. Uruburu ◽  
A. Querol
2003 ◽  
Vol 15 (4) ◽  
pp. 390-394 ◽  
Author(s):  
Dawn C. Hayes ◽  
Rebecca R. Anderson ◽  
Richard L. Walker

Accurate identification of the bovine pathogen Tritrichomonas foetus is sometimes complicated by the presence of other trichomonadid protozoa in clinical samples. A highly specific and reproducible approach for differentiating 3 common types of bovine trichomonadid protozoa found in the bovine preputial cavity, T. foetus, Pentatrichomonas hominis, and a Tetratrichomonas species, was developed using polymerase chain reaction (PCR) and restriction fragment length polymorphism (RFLP) analysis. Universal trichomonadid protozoa primers, TFR1 and TFR2, were used to amplify the 5.8S rRNA gene and internal transcribed spacer regions (ITSRs), and the products were digested with the restriction enzyme HpyCH4IV. Restriction fragment length polymorphism analysis was performed on 55 trichomonad isolates from bovine preputial washing and scraping samples. The RFLP results correlated 100% with 5.8S rRNA gene and ITSR sequence results and PCR results with primers specific for T. foetus. The results of this study demonstrate that PCR and RFLP analysis can be used in lieu of DNA sequencing to identify the specific trichomonadid protozoa isolated from the bovine preputial cavity.


Genome ◽  
2003 ◽  
Vol 46 (4) ◽  
pp. 595-604 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ana Insua ◽  
María J López-Piñón ◽  
Ruth Freire ◽  
Josefina Méndez

The internal transcribed spacer (ITS) region of the ribosomal DNA from the European scallops Aequipecten opercularis, Mimachlamys varia, Hinnites distortus, and Pecten maximus was PCR amplified and sequenced. For each species, three or five clones were examined. The size ranged between 636 and 713 bp (ITS1, 209–276 bp; 5.8S rRNA gene, 157 bp; ITS2, 270–294 bp) and GC content ranged between 47 and 50% (ITS1, 43–49%; 5.8S rRNA gene, 56–57%; ITS2, 44–49%). Variation within repeats was minimal; only clones from M. varia and P. maximus displayed a few variable sites in ITS2. Among scallops, including Chlamys farreri whose ITS sequence appears in databases, significant variation was observed in both ITS1 and ITS2. Phylogenetic analysis using ITS1, ITS2, or both spacer sequences always yielded trees with similar topology. Aequipecten opercularis and P. maximus grouped in one clade and the other three scallops (C. farreri, M. varia, and H. distortus) in another, where M. varia and H. distortus are the more closely related species. These results provide new insights into the evolutionary relationships of scallop species and corroborate the close evolutionary relationship between the tribes Aequipectinini and Pectinini previously deduced from 18S rDNA sequences.Key words: scallops, Pectinidae, ribosomal DNA, internal transcribed spacers, phylogeny.


2004 ◽  
Vol 4 (4-5) ◽  
pp. 377-388 ◽  
Author(s):  
M KATSU ◽  
S KIDD ◽  
A ANDO ◽  
M MORETTIBRANCHINI ◽  
Y MIKAMI ◽  
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2005 ◽  
Vol 53 (6) ◽  
pp. 571 ◽  
Author(s):  
L. Augusto Becerra-LopezLavalle ◽  
Jennifer A. Saleeba ◽  
Bruce R. Lyon

Molecular techniques such as restriction fragment length polymorphism (RFLP) analysis, random amplification of polymorphic DNA (RAPD) fingerprinting, and DNA sequencing and database comparison, were employed to identify fungi isolated from field-grown cotton plants (Gossypium hirsutum L.). DNA fragments of between 510 and 590 bp, representing the two rDNA (rDNA) internal transcribed spacers (ITS1 and ITS2) and the intervening 5.8S rRNA gene, were amplified from the fungi with eukaryotic consensus primers. Subsequent digestion with the restriction endonucleases AluI, CfoI, HaeIII, HinfI and HpaII enabled the allotment of all 57 isolates to 13 different groups. Restriction analysis was supported by RAPD–PCR analysis of multiple isolates and rDNA sequencing of representative fungi from each group. Sequence alignment and comparison with rDNA sequences of other fungi available in GenBank allowed for putative identification of three different taxa of Fusarium, two taxa each of Cladosporium, Diaporthe and Nectria, and one taxon each of Alternaria, Ampelomyces, Bartalinia, Phaeosphaeria and Rhizoctonia. Many of the stem-colonising fungi identified in this study are either pathogenic on cotton or have elsewhere been found to act as biocontrol agents.


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