Pulsed-field gel electrophoresis of NotI digests of leptospiral DNA: a new rapid method of serovar identification
- 1 July 1992
- journal article
- Published by American Society for Microbiology in Journal of Clinical Microbiology
- Vol. 30 (7) , 1696-702
- https://doi.org/10.1128/jcm.30.7.1696-1702.1992
Abstract
Fingerprints for 72 reference serovar strains of pathogenic Leptospira spp. were obtained by pulsed-field gel electrophoresis (PFGE) following NotI restriction digests of the chromosome. These strains included the serovar reference strains of serogroups Australis, Ballum, Bataviae, Grippotyphosa, Panama, Pomona, and Pyrogenes. Sixty-four serovars could be identified by a unique NotI restriction profile. The remaining serovars were differentiated by chromosomal digestion with SgrAI. These included four serovars from serogroup Australis, two serovars from serogroup Ballum, and two serovars from serogroup Bataviae. Thirteen of 18 recent clinical isolates identified by microagglutination test and cross-adsorption procedure were correctly typed by PFGE. The results indicate that PFGE, which is considerably more rapid than serology, should be useful for identification and epidemiological studies.Keywords
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