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ArticleBMC microbiology2012

Updated 16S rRNA-RFLP method for the identification of all currently characterised Arcobacter spp.

María José Figueras, Arturo Levican, Luis Collado

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Article in BMC microbiology, 2012. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 12 papers.

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3 · Its place in the literature

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12 citing papers in PubMed, 44 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

3 authors at 3 institutions in 2 countries.

María José FiguerasUnitat de Microbiologia, Departament de Ciències Mediques Bàsiques, Facultat de Medicina i Ciències de la Salut, IISPV, Universitat Rovira i Virgili, Reus, Spain. mariajose.figueras@urv.cat
Arturo Levican
Luis Collado
Austral University of Chile · CLDepartament de Salut · ESUniversidad Rovira i Virgili · ES

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundArcobacter spp. (family Campylobacteraceae) are ubiquitous zoonotic bacteria that are being increasingly recognised as a threat to human health. A previously published 16S rRNA-RFLP Arcobacter spp. identification method produced specific RFLP patterns for the six species described at that time, using a single endonuclease (MseI). The number of characterised Arcobacter species has since risen to 17. The aim of the present study was to update the 16S rRNA-RFLP identification method to include all currently characterised species of Arcobacter.

resultsDigestion of the 16S rRNA gene with the endonuclease MseI produced clear, distinctive patterns for 10 of the 17 species, while the remaining species shared a common or very similar RFLP pattern. Subsequent digestion of the 16S rRNA gene from these species with the endonucleases MnlI and/or BfaI generated species-specific RFLP patterns.

conclusions16S rRNA-RFLP analysis identified 17 Arcobacter spp. using either polyacrylamide or agarose gel electrophoresis. Microheterogeneities within the 16S rRNA gene, which interfered with the RFLP identification, were also documented for the first time in this genus, particularly in strains of Arcobacter cryaerophilus isolated from animal faeces and aborted foetuses.

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Polymorphism, Restriction Fragment LengthArcobacterBacteriological TechniquesDNA, BacterialDNA Restriction EnzymesElectrophoresis, Agar GelElectrophoresis, Polyacrylamide GelRNA, BacterialRNA, Ribosomal, 16SDNA, BacterialDNA Restriction EnzymesRNA, BacterialRNA, Ribosomal, 16S

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PMID23244705
PMCPMC3548738
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