DETECTION OF LEGIONELLA SPP IN COOLING-TOWER WATER BY THE POLYMERASE CHAIN-REACTION METHOD

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KOIDE, M [1 ]
SAITO, A [1 ]
KUSANO, N [1 ]
HIGA, F [1 ]
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[1] UNIV RYUKYUS,FAC MED,DEPT INTERNAL MED 1,207 UEHARA,NISIHARA CHO,OKINAWA 90301,JAPAN
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10.1128/AEM.59.6.1943-1946.1993
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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 ;
摘要
The presence of Legionella spp. in cooling tower water was investigated by using the polymerase chain reaction. Total Legionella spp. detection was performed with 20-mer 5S rRNA complementary DNA sequence primers, and specific Legionella pneumophila detection was performed with 20-mer and then 21-mer macrophage infectivity potentiator gene sequence primers. Of 27 cooling tower water samples, 25 were positive for Legionella spp., and 14 of these contained L. pneumophila.
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