VARIABILITY IN 3'-END OF 16S RIBOSOMAL-RNA SEQUENCE OF MYCOBACTERIUM ULCERANS IS RELATED TO GEOGRAPHIC ORIGIN OF ISOLATES

Authors
PORTAELS F FONTEYNE PA DEBEENHOUWER H DERIJK P GUEDENON A HAYMAN J MEYERS WM
Citation
F. Portaels et al., VARIABILITY IN 3'-END OF 16S RIBOSOMAL-RNA SEQUENCE OF MYCOBACTERIUM ULCERANS IS RELATED TO GEOGRAPHIC ORIGIN OF ISOLATES, Journal of clinical microbiology, 34(4), 1996, pp. 962-965
Citations number
28
Categorie Soggetti
Microbiology
Journal title
Journal of clinical microbiology → ACNP
ISSN journal
00951137
Volume
34
Issue
4
Year of publication
1996
Pages
962 - 965
Database
ISI
SICI code
0095-1137(1996)34:4<962:VI3O1R>2.0.ZU;2-B
Abstract
Mycobacterium ulcerans causes extensive ulcers (Buruli ulcers) in the skin of humans. Analysis of the 3'-terminal region of the 16S rRNA gen e sequence of 17 strains of M. ulcerans from Africa, the Americas, and Australia revealed three subgroups corresponding to the continent of origin, and some variable phenotypic characteristics. This sequence is useful for the rapid detection of M. ulcerans and discriminates M. ma rinum and M. shinshuense from M. ulcerans.