Development of a 16S-23S rRNA intergenic spacer-based quantitative PCR assay for improved detection and enumeration of Lactococcus garvieaeopen access
- Authors
- Thanh, Hien Dang; Park, Hee Kuk; Kim, Wonyong; Shin, Hyoung-Shik
- Issue Date
- Feb-2013
- Publisher
- OXFORD UNIV PRESS
- Keywords
- Lactococcus garvieae; quantitative PCR; ITS; fish; fish products
- Citation
- FEMS MICROBIOLOGY LETTERS, v.339, no.1, pp 10 - 16
- Pages
- 7
- Journal Title
- FEMS MICROBIOLOGY LETTERS
- Volume
- 339
- Number
- 1
- Start Page
- 10
- End Page
- 16
- URI
- https://scholarworks.bwise.kr/cau/handle/2019.sw.cau/14873
- DOI
- 10.1111/1574-6968.12038
- ISSN
- 0378-1097
1574-6968
- Abstract
- Lactococcus garvieae is an important foodborne pathogen causing lactococcosis associated with hemorrhagic septicemia in fish worldwide. A real-time quantitative polymerase chain reaction (qPCR) protocol targeting the 16S23S rRNA intergenic spacer (ITS) region was developed for the detection and enum-eration of L. garvieae. The specificity was evaluated using genomic DNAs extracted from 66 cocci strains. Fourteen L. garvieae strains tested were positive, whereas 52 other strains including Lactococcus lactis ssp. lactis, Lactococcus lactis ssp. hordniae and Lactococcus lactis ssp. cremoris did not show a specific signal. The minimal limit of detection was 2.63 fg of purified genomic DNA, equivalent to 1 genome of L. garvieae. The optimized protocol was applied for the survey of L. garvieae in naturally contaminated fish samples. Our results suggest that the qPCR protocol using ITS is a sensitive and efficient tool for the rapid detection and enumeration of L. garvieae in fish and fish-containing foods.
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