ANALYSIS OF HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHIC PROFILES OF THE 16S rRNA GENE TO IDENTIFY GENERA OF BACTERIA
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2002-08
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Hood College Biology
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Biomedical and Environmental Science
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Abstract
Denaturing high performance liquid chromatography (DHPLC) is used in a
wide variety of genetic applications. This report introduces a new application for
this technique, the identification of bacteria. We combined the capability of
DHPLC to detect sequence variation and the principles of rRNA genotyping
analysis to develop a high throughput method of identifying microorganisms.
Forty-six bacterial species from a broad spectrum of genera were tested to
determine if DHPLC could be used for identification. Thirty-six of the 46 species
of bacteria had a unique peak profile that could be used as a molecular
fingerprint. Furthermore, a blind panel of 65 different bacterial isolates was
analyzed to demonstrate the capability of this method to specifically identify
Yersinia pestis and Bacillus anthracis. Ten of 10 Y. pestis samples and 12 of 14
B. anthracis were correctly identified. The procedure had an overall specificity of
100%, overall sensitivity of 91.7%, and a predictive value of 96.9%. The data
suggest that DHPLC of amplicons spanning regions of genetic variability will be a
useful application for bacterial identification.