Abstract:
An objective of the present invention is to provide the cytolethal distending toxin (CDT) of C . hyointestinalis and polynucleotides encoding it, and novel methods for detection of C . hyointestinalis using the cdt genes. The present inventors focused on the cytolethal distending toxin (CDT) of Campylobacter bacteria, and detected the cdt genes of a Campylobacter -like bacterium isolated from an enteritis patient in Thailand. The present inventors discovered a bacterial strain whose cdtB gene was amplified by common primers in C. jejuni , C. coli, and C . fetus, but not by multiplex PCR that can specifically detect the cdtA , cdtB , and cdtC genes of the three bacterial species. The bacterial strain was identified as C . hyointestinalis by 16S rRNA gene analysis. Furthermore, the entire nucleotide sequence of the cdt genes was determined by genome walking upstream and downstream of the cdtB gene.
Abstract:
The present inventors succeeded in cloning the CDT genes of C. coli and C. fetus, which were previously unknown, and in determining their sequences. In addition, the inventors also developed specific primers and primers common to the two species by comparing the CDTs of C. jejuni and C. fetus. Furthermore, the inventors demonstrated that these primers were applicable to multiplex PCR that simultaneously allows for the rapid and convenient determination of the presence of Campylobacter CDT and identification of species, and that they can also be used in PCR-RFLP-based typing.
Abstract:
The present inventors succeeded in cloning the CDT genes of C. coli and C. fetus, which were previously unknown, and in determining their sequences. In addition, the inventors also developed specific primers and primers common to the two species by comparing the CDTs of C. jejuni and C. fetus. Furthermore, the inventors demonstrated that these primers were applicable to multiplex PCR that simultaneously allows for the rapid and convenient determination of the presence of Campylobacter CDT and identification of species, and that they can also be used in PCR-RFLP-based typing.
Abstract:
An objective of the present invention is to provide the cytolethal distending toxin (CDT) of C . hyointestinalis and polynucleotides encoding it, and novel methods for detection of C . hyointestinalis using the cdt genes. The present inventors focused on the cytolethal distending toxin (CDT) of Campylobacter bacteria, and detected the cdt genes of a Campylobacter -like bacterium isolated from an enteritis patient in Thailand. The present inventors discovered a bacterial strain whose cdtB gene was amplified by common primers in C. jejuni , C. coli, and C . fetus, but not by multiplex PCR that can specifically detect the cdtA , cdtB , and cdtC genes of the three bacterial species. The bacterial strain was identified as C . hyointestinalis by 16S rRNA gene analysis. Furthermore, the entire nucleotide sequence of the cdt genes was determined by genome walking upstream and downstream of the cdtB gene.
Abstract:
Multiplex PCR primers that can amplify the cdt genes of C. jejuni, C. coli, and C. fetus in a bacterial species-specific manner were prepared. Multiplex PCR with the primers was assessed using Campylobacter bacteria, other cdt gene-positive bacteria, and representative bacteria responsible for enteric infection. As a result, the present inventors' multiplex PCR using cdtB amplification primers was proven to enable simultaneous detection of different Campylobacter bacteria with high specificity. The methods of the present invention can identify Campylobacter at the bacterial species level in a single manipulation even when domestic animals or humans are infected with different bacterial species of Campylobacter.
Abstract:
An objective of the present invention is to provide the cytolethal distending toxin (CDT) of C. hyointestinalis and polynucleotides encoding it, and novel methods for detection of C. hyointestinalis using the cdt genes. The present inventors focused on the cytolethal distending toxin (CDT) of Campylobacter bacteria, and detected the cdt genes of a Campylobacter-like bacterium isolated from an enteritis patient in Thailand. The present inventors discovered a bacterial strain whose cdtB gene was amplified by common primers in C. jejuni, C. coli, and C. fetus, but not by multiplex PCR that can specifically detect the cdtA, cdtB, and cdtC genes of the three bacterial species. The bacterial strain was identified as C. hyointestinalis by 16S rRNA gene analysis. Furthermore, the entire nucleotide sequence of the cdt genes was determined by genome walking upstream and downstream of the cdtB gene.
Abstract:
The present inventors succeeded in cloning the CDT genes of C. coli and C. fetus, which were previously unknown, and in determining their sequences. In addition, the inventors also developed specific primers and primers common to the two species by comparing the CDTs of C. jejuni and C. fetus. Furthermore, the inventors demonstrated that these primers were applicable to multiplex PCR that simultaneously allows for the rapid and convenient determination of the presence of Campylobacter CDT and identification of species, and that they can also be used in PCR-RFLP-based typing.
Abstract:
Through the present invention, a mask oligonucleotide is hybridized in regions on either side of a region in which an oligonucleotide probe is hybridized in a single-stranded region of a nucleic acid to be assayed, the region in which the probe is hybridized is thereby opened and the single-stranded region of the target nucleic acid is maintained in a stable state. By then subjecting the nucleic acid having such a single-stranded region to nucleic acid chromatography, the desired target nucleic acid is detected and quantified with high sensitivity by an extremely simple process.