Fifteen luminous bacterial strains were isolated from the Tyrrhenian Sea coastal waters off northeastern Sicily and characterised by a combination of phenotypic and molecular tests in order to identify them and to determine their intraspecific genetic variability. Five luminous type strains, Vibrio splendidus NCIMB 1, V. harveyi NCIMB 1280, V. fischeri NCIMB 1281, V. orientalis NCIMB 2195 and Photobacterium leiognathi NCIMB 2193, were used as reference. On the basis of their phenotypic characters, the isolates were assigned to the family Vibrionaceae and all were related to the V. harveyi reference strain. Amplified 16S ribosomal DNA restriction analysis (ARDRA) enabled the strains to be subdivided into three groups, two of which exhibited the same restriction pattern as the two reference strains, V. harveyi and V. splendidus. Comparison of the full 16S rDNA sequence and of a 100-bp highly variable 16S rDNA region (selected as a 'signature' sequence for the luminous bacteria) confirmed ARDRA data and suggested that the strains of the third group could be considered a subspecies of V. harveyi or a tyrrhenian biovar, different from the other reference strains whose 16S rDNAs have already been sequenced. Random amplified polymorphic DNA (RAPD) fingerprinting and analysis of plasmid content suggested a high degree of intraspecific genetic variability within the largest ARDRA group. Data obtained suggest that the ARDRA method and the sequencing of the 16S rDNA signature region could be a powerful tool for a rapid identification of marine luminous bacteria.

Polyphasic approach to the characterisation of marine luminous vibrionaceae / D. Caccamo; F. Di Cello; R. Fani; Gugliandolo C; T.L. Maugeri. - In: RESEARCH IN MICROBIOLOGY. - ISSN 0923-2508. - STAMPA. - 150:(1999), pp. 221-230.

Polyphasic approach to the characterisation of marine luminous vibrionaceae

FANI, RENATO;
1999

Abstract

Fifteen luminous bacterial strains were isolated from the Tyrrhenian Sea coastal waters off northeastern Sicily and characterised by a combination of phenotypic and molecular tests in order to identify them and to determine their intraspecific genetic variability. Five luminous type strains, Vibrio splendidus NCIMB 1, V. harveyi NCIMB 1280, V. fischeri NCIMB 1281, V. orientalis NCIMB 2195 and Photobacterium leiognathi NCIMB 2193, were used as reference. On the basis of their phenotypic characters, the isolates were assigned to the family Vibrionaceae and all were related to the V. harveyi reference strain. Amplified 16S ribosomal DNA restriction analysis (ARDRA) enabled the strains to be subdivided into three groups, two of which exhibited the same restriction pattern as the two reference strains, V. harveyi and V. splendidus. Comparison of the full 16S rDNA sequence and of a 100-bp highly variable 16S rDNA region (selected as a 'signature' sequence for the luminous bacteria) confirmed ARDRA data and suggested that the strains of the third group could be considered a subspecies of V. harveyi or a tyrrhenian biovar, different from the other reference strains whose 16S rDNAs have already been sequenced. Random amplified polymorphic DNA (RAPD) fingerprinting and analysis of plasmid content suggested a high degree of intraspecific genetic variability within the largest ARDRA group. Data obtained suggest that the ARDRA method and the sequencing of the 16S rDNA signature region could be a powerful tool for a rapid identification of marine luminous bacteria.
1999
150
221
230
D. Caccamo; F. Di Cello; R. Fani; Gugliandolo C; T.L. Maugeri
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