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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
3
pubmed:dateCreated
1993-5-7
pubmed:abstractText
A non-radioactive colony hybridization method was developed for the rapid detection of Yersinia enterocolitica in primary isolates and for differentiation between pathogenic and non-pathogenic strains. The method is based on, respectively, the presence of the inv-locus in all Yersinia spp. and the presence of the ail-gene in pathogenic Y. enterocolitica only. Hybridization results with ail-probes of 132 strains of Y. enterocolitica were in good agreement with pathogenicity phenotypes as indicated by a tissue culture invasion (TCI) assay and by serotyping. All TCI+ strains and only two TCI- strains were positive by hybridization with ail. Hybridization results with inv- or ail-probes of 150 primary isolates of human, animal or slaughterhouse origin were compared with those of conventional methods to detect and identify Y. enterocolitica. All samples that were positive for Yersinia spp. by cultivation (four of 66) or were positive for pathogenic Y. enterocolitica by cultivation and serotyping (six of 84) were also positive by hybridization with, respectively, the inv- or ail-probe. In three slaughterhouse swab samples, in which Yersinia spp. were not detected by cultivation (2%), strong positive hybridization signals were obtained with the inv- and/or ail-probe. Four other swab samples which were negative by cultivation produced weak positive signals by hybridization with inv- and/or ail-probes. These results indicate that the method can be used for (1) the identification of pathogenic Y. enterocolitica isolates and (2) the detection of Yersinia spp. in primary isolates of naturally contaminated samples.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Mar
pubmed:issn
0021-8847
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
74
pubmed:geneSymbol
ail, inv
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
301-13
pubmed:dateRevised
2006-11-15
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
1993
pubmed:articleTitle
Digoxigenin-labelled inv- and ail-probes for the detection and identification of pathogenic Yersinia enterocolitica in clinical specimens and naturally contaminated pig samples.
pubmed:affiliation
University of Utrecht, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Department of the Science of Food of Animal Origin (VVDO), The Netherlands.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Comparative Study