Cytomegalovirus Strain Differentiation by DNA Restriction Analysis

Oncology ◽  
1979 ◽  
Vol 36 (6) ◽  
pp. 245-247 ◽  
Author(s):  
H.W. Doerr ◽  
A. Künzler ◽  
H. Schmitz
2013 ◽  
Vol 34 (3) ◽  
pp. 253-267 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mauro Tropeano ◽  
Susana Vázquez ◽  
Silvia Coria ◽  
Adrián Turjanski ◽  
Daniel Cicero ◽  
...  

AbstractCold−adapted marine bacteria producing extracellular hydrolytic enzymes are important for their industrial application and play a key role in degradation of particulate organic matter in their natural environment. In this work, members of a previously−obtained protease−producing bacterial collection isolated from different marine sources from Potter Cove (King George Island, South Shetlands) were taxonomically identified and screened for their ability to produce other economically relevant enzymes. Eighty−eight proteolytic bacterial isolates were grouped into 25 phylotypes based on their Amplified Ribosomal DNA Restriction Analysis profiles. The sequencing of the 16S rRNA genes from representative isolates of the phylotypes showed that the predominant culturable protease−producing bacteria belonged to the class Gammaproteobacteria and were affiliated to the genera Pseudomonas, Shewanella, Colwellia, and Pseudoalteromonas, the latter being the predominant group (64% of isolates). In addition, members of the classes Actinobacteria, Bacilli and Flavobacteria were found. Among the 88 isolates screened we detected producers of amylases (21), pectinases (67), cellulases (53), CM−cellulases (68), xylanases (55) and agarases (57). More than 85% of the isolates showed at least one of the extracellular enzymatic activities tested, with some of them producing up to six extracellular enzymes. Our results confirmed that using selective conditions to isolate producers of one extracellular enzyme activity increases the probability of recovering bacteria that will also produce additional extracellular enzymes. This finding establishes a starting point for future programs oriented to the prospecting for biomolecules in Antarctica.


1999 ◽  
Vol 45 (10) ◽  
pp. 879-884 ◽  
Author(s):  
L Halda-Alija ◽  
T C Johnston

More than 900 culturable, heterotrophic aerobic isolates were obtained from the sediments of a forested, pristine stream and analyzed using three classical microbiological tests: API 20E, amplified ribosomal DNA restriction analysis (ARDRA), and fatty acid analysis. Gram-negative bacteria comprised most of the heterotrophic aerobic isolates (66.7%), similar to other oligotrophic environments. The isolates were assigned to the genus level as Pseudomonas, Flavobacterium, Micrococcus, Bacillus, Chromobacterium, Acinetobacter, Alcaligenes, Aeromonas, Methylobacterium, Enterobacter, Corynebacterium, and Sporolactobacillus. Genotypic analysis by ARDRA facilitated the comparison among strains within Pseudomonas, Bacillus, and Enterobacter groups. Temperature and predation may influence the survival of bacteria during seasons, as shown previously by others. Our results showed that the number of heterotrophic aerobic bacteria, especially Enterobacter, Alcaligenes, and Aeromonas, and Gram-positive bacteria, decreased in winter compared to summer conditions.Key words: stream, heterotrophic aerobic bacteria, ARDRA.


1999 ◽  
Vol 65 (7) ◽  
pp. 3084-3094 ◽  
Author(s):  
Flore Molouba ◽  
Jean Lorquin ◽  
Anne Willems ◽  
Bart Hoste ◽  
Eric Giraud ◽  
...  

ABSTRACT We obtained nine bacterial isolates from root or collar nodules of the non-stem-nodulated Aeschynomene species A. elaphroxylon, A. uniflora, or A. schimperi and 69 root or stem nodule isolates from the stem-nodulated Aeschynomene species A. afraspera, A. ciliata, A. indica,A. nilotica, A. sensitiva, and A. tambacoundensis from various places in Senegal. These isolates, together with 45 previous isolates from variousAeschynomene species, were studied for host-specific nodulation within the genus Aeschynomene, also revisiting cross-inoculation groups described previously by D. Alazard (Appl. Environ. Microbiol. 50:732–734, 1985). The whole collection ofAeschynomene nodule isolates was screened for synthesis of photosynthetic pigments by spectrometry, high-pressure liquid chromatography, and thin-layer chromatography analyses. The presence ofpuf genes in photosyntheticAeschynomene isolates was evidenced both by Southern hybridization with a Rhodobacter capsulatus photosynthetic gene probe and by DNA amplification with primers defined from photosynthetic genes. In addition, amplified 16S ribosomal DNA restriction analysis was performed on 45 Aeschynomeneisolates, including strain BTAi1, and 19 reference strains fromBradyrhizobium japonicum, Bradyrhizobium elkanii, and other Bradyrhizobium sp. strains of uncertain taxonomic positions. The 16S rRNA gene sequence of the photosynthetic strain ORS278 (LMG 12187) was determined and compared to sequences from databases. Our main conclusion is that photosynthetic Aeschynomene nodule isolates share the ability to nodulate particular stem-nodulated species and form a separate subbranch on the Bradyrhizobium rRNA lineage, distinct from B. japonicum and B. elkanii.


2005 ◽  
Vol 245 (2) ◽  
pp. 221-229 ◽  
Author(s):  
Artur Alves ◽  
Alan J.L. Phillips ◽  
Isabel Henriques ◽  
António Correia

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