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ANNALS OF CLINICAL MICROBIOLOGY AND ANTIMICROBIALS
Volume 11, Issue -, Pages -Publisher
BMC
DOI: 10.1186/1476-0711-11-31
Keywords
Enterococcus; Streptococcus; Staphylococcus; Lactococcus; tuf; species identification
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- Gansu Natural Science Foundation [3ZS061-A25-071]
- Gansu Science and Technology Project [0801NKDA035]
- National Basic Research Priorities Program of China [2008FY210200]
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Background: Accurate identification of isolates belonging to genus Enterococcus, Streptococcus, coagulase-negative Staphylococcus, and Lactococcus at the species level is necessary to provide a better understanding of their pathogenic potential, to aid in making clinical decisions, and to conduct epidemiologic investigations, especially when large blind samples must be analyzed. It is useful to simultaneously identify species in different genera using a single primer pair. Methods: We developed a primer pair based on the tuf gene (encoding elongation factor) sequence to identify 56 Gram-positive cocci isolates. Results: The target sequences were amplified from all 56 samples. The sequencing results and the phylogenetic tree derived from the partial tuf gene sequences identified the isolates as three enterococcal species, two lactococcal species, two staphylococcal species, and six streptococcal species, as well as eight isolates that were novel species of the genus Streptococcus. Partial gene sequence analysis of the sodA, dnaK, and 16S RNA genes confirmed the results obtained by tuf gene sequencing. Conclusion: Based on the uniform amplification of the tuf gene from all samples and the ability to identify all isolates at both the genus and species levels, we conclude that the primer pair developed in this research provides a powerful tool for identifying these organisms in clinical laboratories where large blind samples are used.
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