DNA fragments from regions involved in surface antigen expression specifically identify Listeria monocytogenes serovar 4 and a subset thereof: Cluster IIB (Serotypes 4b, 4d, and 4e)

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Lei, XH [1 ]
Promadej, N [1 ]
Kathariou, S [1 ]
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[1] UNIV HAWAII,DEPT MICROBIOL,HONOLULU,HI 96822
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10.1128/AEM.63.3.1077-1082.1997
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Q81 [生物工程学(生物技术)]; Q93 [微生物学];
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071005 ; 0836 ; 090102 ; 100705 ;
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Listeria monocytogenes serotype 4b has frequently been implicated in sporadic as well as epidemic listeriosis, On the basis of pulsed-field fingerprinting, serotype 4b strains, along with strains of serotypes 4d and 4e, constitute one genomic cluster (IIB), We have identified two genomic regions essential for the expression of surface antigens which previously were shown to be specific to cluster IIB strains, A DNA probe of 1.1 kb derived from one of the regions (probe 1) hybridized only with strains of serotypes 4b, 4d, and 4e in Southern blots and dot blots, A different DNA probe of 0.3 kb (probe 2), derived from the other region, hybridized with all serovar 4 strains (serotypes 4b, 4a, 4c, 4d, and 4e). All other L. monocytogenes serotypes were negative with probe 1 or 2. Use of probe 1 in Southern blots of EcoRI-digested genomic DNA revealed a restriction fragment length polymorphism in serotype 4b strains, with the hybridizing EcoRI fragments being 4.5 kb (strains of the epidemic clone) and either 4.5 or 5.0 kb (all other serotype 4b strains), Although the probes hybridized with a special group of listeria innocua strains which also expressed the surface antigens, the latter could be readily distinguished by the size of the hybridizing EcoRI fragment with probe 1 (ca, 2.2 kb). These data suggest that the combined use of these probes with L. monocytogenes can readily and specifically identify cluster IIB strains as well as the entire serovar 4 complex.
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